Joe Belmont, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joe Belmont

American basketball player and coach

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1934

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 06-Jan-2019

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Joseph Elliott Belmont (July 12, 1934 – January 6, 2019) was an American basketball 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. In 1970, he was hired as the head coach of the American Basketball Association's Denver Rockets, 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. In 2005 Belmont was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.