Irving "Irv" Bemoras (November 18, 1930 – November 1, 2007) was an American
basketball
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player.
[Trevor Jensen. "Irving Bemoras: 1930–2007". ''Chicago Tribune''. 3 November 2007.]
He played collegiately for the
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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, where he was voted as one of the top 100 players of all time.
He was selected by the
Milwaukee Hawks
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in the
1953 NBA draft
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. He played for the Milwaukee Hawks in
1953-54 and the relocated
St. Louis Hawks
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in
1956-57 in the
NBA for 131 games.
He is a member of the
Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame.
Family
Irv Bemoras and Sally, his wife for over 50 years, had three children and six grandchildren.
Career statistics
NBA
Source
Regular season
Playoffs
References
External links
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1930 births
2007 deaths
All-American college men's basketball players
Basketball players from Chicago
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players
Jewish American sportspeople
Jewish men's basketball players
Milwaukee Hawks draft picks
Milwaukee Hawks players
St. Louis Hawks players
American men's basketball players
Forwards (basketball)
Guards (basketball)
Death in Illinois
20th-century American Jews
21st-century American Jews
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