Irv Kosloff, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetIrv Kosloff
American basketball executive
Date of Birth: 10-May-1912
Date of Death: 19-Feb-1995
Profession: athlete
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Irv Kosloff
- Irving "Irv" S.
- Kosloff (May 10, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – February 19, 1995, Merion, Pennsylvania) was an American businessman and sportsman. He was born in Philadelphia, the son of Russian immigrants Lillian and Louis Kosloff.
- He had two brothers, Carl and Charles Kosloff.
- He graduated from South Philadelphia High School in 1930, where he played football and basketball as an offensive center and middle linebacker.
- Initially, Irv set out to be a dentist.
- However, after a knee injury, he lost his athletic scholarship to Temple University, which he had attended for approximately two years but had to drop out and search for a job for lack of funds.
- He found a job in the traffic department of the Container Corporation of America in Manayunk, Philadelphia.
- In 1932, he founded the Roosevelt Paper Company on State Road near Cottman Avenue in Philadelphia.
- The company grew to become one of the largest paper merchants in the country. In May 1963, Kosloff, with the inspiration and aid of high-school classmate attorney Ike Richman, purchased the Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association from Danny Biasone, brought them to Philadelphia, and changed the team's name to the Philadelphia 76ers.
- Richman ran the day-to-day operations of the team, with Kosloff, busy with his growing paper business, remaining the silent partner. On December 4, 1965, Richman died of a heart attack at a 76ers-Boston Celtics game.
- Kosloff brought in Jack Ramsay to manage the team. During Kosloff's tenure as owner, the Sixers won an NBA Championship in 1966-67. In May 1976, Kosloff sold the 76ers to Philadelphia philanthropist Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr.
- for $5 million.Kosloff died of leukemia at his home in Merion, Pennsylvania in 1995.
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