Vito Kubilus

Vito Kubilus
Personal information
Born(1914-06-29)June 29, 1914
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedNovember 16, 1986(1986-11-16) (aged 72)
Euclid, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight
180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
CollegeOhio College of Chiropody
PositionGuard
Career history
Playing
1944Cleveland Chase Brassmen
1946–1947Cleveland Rosenblums
Coaching
1943–1944Cleveland Chase Brassmen
1959–1960John Carroll

Vito J. Kubilus (June 29, 1914 – November 16, 1986) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

College career

Kubilus played college basketball for Ohio College of Chiropody where he was named the captain for the 1935–36 season.

Professional career

He played in the National Basketball League for the Cleveland Chase Brassmen during the 1943–44 season and averaged 2.0 points per game. Hired as a player-coach, he had served as the team's head coach for the first two-thirds of the season before Bill Brownell took over the responsibility. Kubilus stayed on the team as a player.

During the 1946–47 season, he was a player-coach for the Cleveland Rosenblums.

Coaching career

In 1959, Kubilus was appointed as the head coach at John Carroll University for one season. He led the school to its third straight title in the President's Athletic Conference. As he was hired on a part-time basis, due to his job as a wage and salary administrator for the Chase Brass and Copper Company, he was ineligible to continue for another season as PAC rules dictated that part-time coaches could only be hired for a single season.

References

  1. ↑ "Vito Kubilus". Peach Basket Society. Blogspot. January 11, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Vito Kubilus NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kubilus named captain". The Akron Beacon Journal. April 6, 1935. p. 15. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Cleveland team boasts list of former amateur cage men". The Sheboygan Press. November 30, 1943. pp. 20, 22. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. 1 2 Marcus, Jeff (April 28, 2003). A Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches. Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 9781461726531. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Rosenblums here saturday; Meet Legion Post 612". The Sandusky Register. January 29, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  7. ↑ "Kubilus is named Carroll cage coach". The Daily Reporter. Dover, Ohio. Associated Press. October 31, 1959. p. 34. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  8. ↑ Chuck Heaton (March 4, 1960). "'Part-time' coach Big hit at Carroll". Cleveland Plain Dealer. p. 32.Closed access icon