Frederick Appleton "Fred" Schaus ( Eng. Frederick Appleton "Fred" Schaus ; June 30, 1925 , Newark , Ohio - February 10, 2010 , Morgantown , West Virginia ) is an American professional basketball player and coach.
| Fred shaus | |
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| Fred schaus | |
 Fred Schaus in 1955 | |
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| Position | Light forward |
| Nicknames | Fred |
| Height | 196 cm |
| The weight | 93 kg |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | June 30, 1925 |
| Place of Birth | Newark , Ohio |
| Date of death | February 10, 2010 (84 years old) |
| A place of death | Morgantown , West Virginia |
| College | University of West Virginia |
| NBA draft | 27th (3rd round), 1949 , Fort Wayne Pistons |
| Statistics | |
| Games | 334 |
| Glasses | 4070 ( 12.2 average per game) |
| Rebounds | 1609 ( 4.8 on average per game) |
| Gears | 961 ( 2.9 on average per game) |
Content
- 1 Player career
- 2 Career Coach
- 3 Death
- 4 References
Player Career
He played as a light forward . He studied at the University of West Virginia , in 1949 he was selected by the NBA draft in the third round under the 27th number of the team “ Fort Wayne Pistons ”. He later played for the New York Knicks team. In total, the NBA spent 5 seasons. Once took part in the match of all the NBA stars ( 1951 ). Once included in the 2nd national team of all the NBA stars ( 1950 ). During his career in the NBA, he played 334 games in which he scored 4070 points (an average of 12.2 per game), made 1609 rebounds and 961 assists .
Coach Career
After completing his professional career, Schauss worked for six years as the head coach of the team at his native university, West Virginia Mounters (1954-1960). Then for seven years he coached the NBA club “ Los Angeles Lakers ” (1960-1967), after which he transferred to the position of general manager of this team, where he worked for another five years (1967-1972), eventually becoming, in 1972, on this NBA champion posts. At the end of his coaching career, he worked for six years as the head coach of Purdue University 's Purdue Boylermakers team (1972-1978).
Five times he was appointed to the post of head coach of the match of all NBA stars in the team of the West (1962-1964, 1966-1967).
At the same time, he worked as the head coach of the US team , which he led in 1959 , when she became the champion of the Pan American Games in Chicago .
Death
After completing his coaching career, since 1981 , Schaus worked as the sports director of the West Virginia Mounters ’hometown team. Fred Schaus died on February 10, 2010 in Morgantown , West Virginia , at the age of 84.