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Fred Schaus

American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1925–2010)

PersonDied aged 84humanQ776019

Also known as Frederick Appleton Schaus

Born: June 30, 1925
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Died: February 10, 2010
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Birthplace: Newark
Place of death: Morgantown
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: basketball coach
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1.Stated in Basketball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-24
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, basketball player
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1.Stated in RealGMRetrieved 2022-04-04
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Education: Newark High School
, West Virginia University
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Height: 196 cm

Overview

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Frederick Appleton Schaus 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.

Overview

NBA stats — season by season

5 seasons · from AIDB's NBA dataset

Season	Team	G	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG	APG
1949–50	FTW	68	—	972	—	176	35.200	81.800	14.3	—	2.6
1950–51	FTW	68	—	1,028	495	184	34.000	83.500	15.1	7.3	2.7
1951–52	FTW	62	2,581	872	434	247	36.100	83.300	14.1	7.0	4.0
1952–53	FTW	69	2,541	723	413	245	33.400	82.100	10.5	6.0	3.6
1953–54	FTW, NYK	67	1,515	475	267	109	38.800	78.500	7.1	4.0	1.6
Career		334	6,637	4,070	1,609	961	.352	.823	12.2	4.8	2.9

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All data

47 statements · 26% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Member of sports team: New York Knicks
West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball(1947–1949)
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Given name: Frederick
Fred
Sport: basketball
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1.Stated in National Basketball AssociationRetrieved 2022-04-23
2.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Position played on team / speciality: small forward
Drafted by: Detroit Pistons
Mass: 93 kg
Family name: Schaus
Country for sport: United States
End of work period: 1954
Start of work period: 1949
Sex or gender: male
League: National Basketball Association
NCAA Division I men's basketball(1947–1949)
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Native language: English
Place of burial: Fairmount Cemetery
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1.Stated in Find a Grave
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