Eddie Malanowicz

Eddie Malanowicz
Personal information
Born	December 30, 1910; Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Died	September 5, 1967 (aged 56); Cheektowaga, New York, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Fosdick-Masten (Buffalo, New York)
College	Buffalo (1929–1932)
Playing career	1934–1943
Position	Center
Coaching career	1945–1951
Career history
As player:
1934–1935,; 1937	Buffalo Bisons
1938–1943	Rochester Eber-Seagrams
As coach:
1945–1948	Rochester Royals
1948–1951	Rochester Royals (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As head coach NBL champion (1946); As assistant coach NBA champion (1951);

Edmund Eugene Malanowicz (December 30, 1910 – September 5, 1967) was an American professional basketball player and coach.^[1]^[2] He played in the National Basketball League for the Buffalo Bisons during the 1937–38 season and averaged 7.2 points per game.^[1]^[3] He served as the head coach for the Rochester Royals from 1945–46 through 1947–48, then as an assistant from 1948–49 through 1950–51.^[4]^[5]^[6] During this time, the Royals transitioned from the NBL to the BAA to the NBA.^[2]

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %


Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Rochester	1945–46	34	24	10	.706	2nd in Eastern	7	6	1	.857	Won NBL Championship
Rochester	1946–47	44	31	13	.705	1st in Eastern	11	6	5	.545	Lost in NBL Finals
Rochester	1947–48	60	44	16	.733	1st in Eastern	11	6	5	.545	Lost in NBL Finals
Total		138	99	39	.717		29	18	11	.621

References

^ ^a ^b "Edmund Malanowicz NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Eddie Malanowicz". Peach Basket Society. August 31, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
^ "Edmund Malanowicz Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
^ "Eddie Malanowicz, Ex-Royals Coach, Dies at Age 56". Democrat and Chronicle. September 6, 1967. p. 48. Retrieved August 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Riess, Steven A. (1998). Sports and the American Jew. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 226. ISBN 0-8156-2754-8.
^ Nelson, Murry R. (2009). The National Basketball League: A History 1935–1949. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-7864-4006-1.

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