Jerry Rizzo

Jerry Rizzo
Personal information
Born	March 12, 1918; Astoria, New York
Died	August 27, 2011 (aged 93); Las Vegas, Nevada
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school	Newtown (Queens, New York)
College	Fordham (1939–1940)
Playing career	1940–1953
Position	Guard
Career history
As player:
1940–1941	Cohoes Mastadons
1941–1942	Kingston
1945–1946	Paterson Crescents
1946–1949	Syracuse Nationals
1949	Saratoga Indians
1949	Schenectady Packers
1949–1952	Bridgeport Aer-A-Sols
1952–1953	Middletown Guards
As coach:
1950–1951	Bridgeport Aer-A-Sols
1952–1953	Middletown Guards

Jerome S. Rizzo (March 12, 1918 – August 27, 2011) was an American professional basketball player.^[1]^[2] He played for the Syracuse Nationals in the National Basketball League and averaged 8.4 points per game.^[1]^[3] In February 1949 he got suspended by the NBL for hitting a referee.^[2]

After his professional basketball career ended, Rizzo moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and opened a sporting goods store.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Jerry Rizzo NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jerry Rizzo". Peach Basket Society. April 7, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "Jerry Rizzo Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

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[bbr-1] "Jerry Rizzo NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

[peach-2] "Jerry Rizzo". Peach Basket Society. April 7, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

[3] "Jerry Rizzo Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

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