Thursday, October 20, 2016

Nat Militzok

Nathan Militzok


Born:
May 3, 1923
New York, NY

Died:
May 14, 2009
Las Vegas, NV


Career
Stuyvesant High School, New York City (High School)
1941-42 CCNY (College) Freshmen
1942-43 Hofstra University (College)
1943-44 Cornell University (College)
1946-47 New York Knicks (BAA)
1946-47 Toronto Huskies (BAA)
1947-48 Cohoes Mastadons (NYSL)
1948-49 Cohoes Mastadons (NYSL)
1948-49 Scranton Miners (ABL)
1949-50 Scranton Miners (ABL)
1950-51 Scranton Miners (ABL) 
1950-51 Saratogs / Schenectady Harlem Yankees (ABL)

Nathan served in the U.S. Navy during World War 2. He played for the Knicks and the Huskies in that first BAA season. He went on to become an attorney, and later moved from Brooklyn to Miami, and eventually to Las Vegas, where he died in 2009 at 86 years of age.

He was married to Eileen in 1951 and they had a son, Steven.

Source:
Democrat and Chronicle, January 12, 1944
Jews In Sports
Obituary

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/militna01.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=militna01

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