Joe Graboski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJoe Graboski
American basketball player
Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1930
Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 02-Jul-1998
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Joe Graboski
- Joseph W.
- Graboski (January 15, 1930 – July 2, 1998) was an American professional basketball player.
- He spent 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
- He was the third player to enter the NBA without having played in college: (Tony Kappen and Connie Simmons being the first two prep-to-pro players).
- He was also the second player to play in the league while still being 18 years old.
- A star at Tuley High School in Chicago, the 6'6" power forward had previously played some basketball with the Philadelphia Sphas while he was a high school junior and senior before he began his professional career with the hometown Chicago Stags, with whom he played from 1949 to 1950.
- He also played for the Indianapolis Olympians, Philadelphia Warriors, St.
- Louis Hawks, and Chicago Packers, and he left the NBA in 1962 with 9,398 career points and 6,104 career rebounds.
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