 Schaus from The Monticola, 1955 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 30, 1925 Newark, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | February 10, 2010 (aged 84) Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Newark (Newark, Ohio) | ||||||||||||||
| College | West Virginia (1946–1949) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1949: 3rd round | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1949–1954 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 8, 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| 1949–1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | ||||||||||||||
| 1953–1954 | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 1954–1960 | West Virginia | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1967 | Los Angeles Lakers | ||||||||||||||
| 1972–1978 | Purdue | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 4,070 (12.2 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 1,609 (6.0 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 961 (2.9 apg) | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Frederick Appleton Schaus (June 30, 1925 – February 10, 2010) was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the National Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, general manager and head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach of Purdue University basketball, and a member of the NCAA Basketball Committee. He was born in Newark, Ohio.[1]
- ^ Basketball-reference.com page Accessed February 11, 2010