Joseph Elliott Belmont (July 12, 1934 – January 6, 2019) was an American
basketball
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player and coach. He played college basketball at
Duke University, and was selected in the 1956 NBA Draft by the
Philadelphia Warriors. He never played in the NBA, however. He had a long playing career with the
Denver-Chicago Truckers of the
National Industrial Basketball League
The National Industrial Basketball League was founded in 1947 to enable U.S. mill workers a chance to compete in basketball. The league was founded by the industrial teams (teams sponsored by the large companies and made up of their employees) be ...
.
In 1970, he was hired as the head coach of the
American Basketball Association's
Denver Rockets
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, a position he held for as season and a half. He shared ABA Coach of the Year honors in 1970 with
Bill Sharman of the
Utah Stars
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History prior to moving t ...
.
In 2005 Belmont was inducted into the
Colorado Sports Hall of Fame
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.
Personal life
In 1959 Belmont married Helen Sanquist and then had 2 kids. He died on January 6, 2019.
Coaching career
ABA
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References
External links
BasketballReference.com: Joe Belmont
1934 births
2019 deaths
Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania
Basketball players from Philadelphia
Denver Rockets head coaches
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players
Philadelphia Warriors draft picks
American men's basketball players
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