Frederick Karl "Fritz" Nagy (January 3, 1924 – June 5, 1989) was an American former

Basketball Association of America The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. Following its third season, 1948–49, the BAA absorbed most of National Basketball League (NBL) and rebranded as the National Ba ...

player. Drafted by the

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in the

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, Fritz played for just one season, 1948–49, with the

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. Nagy played basketball at South High School in Akron, He attended college at

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for one season, leading the

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with 201 points in the 1942–43 season. He then transferred to

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, playing for the Zips from 1943 to 1947.

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