Milan "Milo" Komenich ( born Milan "Milo" Komenich ; June 22, 1920 , Gary , Indiana , USA - May 25, 1977 , Gary , Indiana , USA ) is an American professional basketball player . NCAA champion in the 1942/1943 season and NBL champion in the 1948/1949 season .
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| Position | Heavy Forward / Center |
| Nicknames | Milo, Miles |
| Growth | 201 cm |
| Weight | 96 kg |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | June 22, 1920 |
| Place of Birth | Gary , Indiana , USA |
| Date of death | May 25, 1977 (56 years old) |
| Place of death | Gary , Indiana , USA |
| School | Gary Prep (Gary, Indiana) Lew Wallace (Gary, Indiana) |
| College | Wyoming (1941-1943, 1945-1946) |
| Statistics | |
| Games | 64 |
| Glasses | 634 ( 9.9 on average per game) |
| Gears | 124 ( 1.9 on average per game) |
The early years
Milo Komenich was born on June 22, 1920 in the city of Gary ( Indiana ), he studied there, first at Gary Preparatory School, and then at Lew Wallace High School, in which he played for the local basketball team.
Student career
In 1946 he graduated from the University of Wyoming , where for three intermittently he played for the Wyoming Cowboys basketball team, in which he spent a successful career. Under Comenic, the Cowboys twice won the regular Mountain States Athletic conference championship (1943, 1946), but they never won the Mountain States Athletic conference tournament, and also entered the playoffs of the US student championship (1943) once [1] [ 2] [3] .
In 1943, the Wyoming Cowboys became champions of the National University Sports Association (NCAA) . On March 26, they reached the final of four NCAA tournaments ( Final Four ), where in the semifinal match, on March 27, they defeated the Texas Longhorn team of John Hargis with a score of 58-54, in which Komenich became the best player in performance his team, gaining 17 points [2] [4] , and then in the final game, March 30, beat the team of Bill Hassett and John Manken “ Georgetown Hoyas ” with a score of 46-34, in which Milo became the second most successful player in his team, scoring 9 points [2] [5] .
In 1998, Milo Comenic was admitted to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame [6] , and in 2006 was elected to the University of Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame.
Professional career
He played as a heavy forward and center . In 1946, Milo Comenic entered into an agreement with the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons team, who played in the National Basketball League (NBL) . He later played for the Anderson Duffy Packers team (NBL, NBA, and NPL ). In total, he spent 3 seasons in the NBL, and one season in the NBA and the NPL. In the 1948/1949 season, Comenic, as a teammate of Ralph Johnson , Frank Brian , Bill Kloss , John Khargis and Howie Schultz , won the championship title with Anderson Duffy Packers [7] . In total, during his career in the NBL, John played 150 games in which he scored 1,031 points (an average of 6.9 per game) [8] . In total, during his career in the NBA, Khargis played 64 games in which he scored 634 points (an average of 9.9 per game) and made 124 assists [9] . In addition, John Hargis as part of the Pistons and Packers twice participated in the World Professional Basketball Tournament , becoming his bronze medalist in 1947 and 1948.
Death
During the Second World War, he had to interrupt his studies at the university for two years (1943-1945). Milo Komenich died on Wednesday, May 25, 1977 , at the 57th year of his life in the city of Gary ( Indiana ) [10] .
Notes
- ↑ 1941-42 Mountain States Athletic Conference Season Summary . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 20, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 1942-43 Mountain States Athletic Conference Season Summary . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 20, 2014.
- ↑ 1945-46 Mountain States Athletic Conference Season Summary . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 20, 2014.
- ↑ Wyoming 58, Texas 54 . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 20, 2014.
- ↑ Wyoming 46, Georgetown 34 . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 20, 2014.
- ↑ Milo Komenich . hoopshall.com . Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Date of treatment July 20, 2014.
- ↑ Milo Komenich NBL Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 20, 2014.
- ↑ Milo Komenich Stats . justsportsstats.com . Just Sports Stats. Date of treatment July 20, 2014.
- ↑ Milo Komenich NBA Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 20, 2014.
- ↑ Milan Komenich, "United States Social Security Death Index" . familysearch.org . Family Search. Date of treatment July 20, 2014.