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Jack McCloskey

American basketball player and coach (1925–2017)
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Facts

26 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
October 19, 1925
Date of death
June 1, 2017
Place of birth
Mahanoy City
Place of death
Savannah
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
basketball coach, basketball player
Educated at
University of Pennsylvania[9]
Citizenship
United States
Cause of death
Alzheimer's disease[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Country for sport
United States
Different from
Jack McKinney
Family name
McCloskey[20]
Given name
Jack
Height
188.0
League or competition
NCAA Division I men's basketball, National Basketball Association, Continental Basketball Association[13][14][15]
Manner of death
natural causes
Mass
86.0
Member of sports team
Philadelphia Warriors, Penn Quakers men's basketball[11][12]
Native language
English[8]
Nickname
Trader Jack, Trade Winds
Position played on team / speciality
point guard[16]
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Residence
Pennsylvania[18]
Sport
basketball[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jack McCloskey en John William McCloskey en Trader Jack en Trade Winds it John William McCloskey ja ジャック・マクロスキー ru Джек Макклоски ru Макклоски, Джек zh 杰克·麦克洛斯基 zh-hant 傑克·麥克洛斯基
🔖 Identifiers · 15
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jack McCloskey.jpg ↗
Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID
mcclos012---
Basketball Reference NBA coach ID
mccloja01d
Basketball Reference NBA player ID
m/mccloja01
Eurobasket.com coach ID
9394
Find a Grave memorial ID
179943540
Freebase ID
/m/0bj1vb
NBA.com player ID
77512
NCAA Statistics coach ID
4213
Nasljerseys.com player ID
EBA/Players/M/McCloskey.Jack
Prabook ID
2062730
Proballers ID
187061
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RealGM basketball player ID
100380
Sports-Reference.com college basketball coach ID
jack-mccloskey-1
Trading Card Database name ID
105434

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🔗 Connections
League or competition 2
National Basketball Association, Continental Basketball Association
Occupation 2
basketball player, basketball coach
Cause of death 1
Alzheimer's disease
Country for sport 1
United States
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Different from 1
Jack McKinney
Educated at 1
University of Pennsylvania
Given name 1
Jack
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Mahanoy City
Place of death 1
Savannah
Position played on team / speciality 1
point guard
Residence 1
Pennsylvania
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
basketball
← Different from 1
Jack McKinney
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Summary

Jack McCloskey was born in Mahanoy City[1]. He was born on October 19, 1925[2]. He died in Savannah[3]. He died on June 1, 2017[4]. He worked as a basketball coach[5] and basketball player[6].

FAQs

Where was Jack McCloskey born?

Jack McCloskey's place of birth was Mahanoy City[1].

Where did Jack McCloskey die?

Jack McCloskey died in Savannah[3].

What did Jack McCloskey do for work?

Jack McCloskey worked as basketball coach[5] and basketball player[6].

Where did Jack McCloskey go to school?

Jack McCloskey was educated at University of Pennsylvania[9].

Related Entities

Pennsylvania United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . tandfonline.com. tandfonline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Basketball Reference. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . RealGM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . nasljerseys.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [4] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . National Basketball Association. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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