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Gene "Squeaky" Melchiorre (born August 10, 1927 in Highland Park, Illinois) is a former NBA basketball player and was the first overall pick in the 1951 NBA Draft. August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Early Life
He was the fifth of six children born to a gardener who moved his family from Joliet to Highland Park in 1936. Though always being of short stature and having pigeon toes, Melchiorre excelled in nearly ever sport he tried. He was a starting wingback on the Highland Park football team, a basketball player, a baseball player, a tennis player, and in his later years, a golfer [1]. After joining the Army, Melchiorre joined the basketball team at Fort Sheridan, known as the Ramblers, that won 58 of 63 games during his two-year tour (1945-47). Incorporated City in 1834. ...
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College Melchiorre played guard for Bradley University starting in the 1947-48 season till the 1950-51 season. Standing only 5'8 and weighing 175 lbs, but he was famous for his passing abilities and his ability to score almost at will. During his tenure, Bradley won an astounding 119 games while losing only 22. He participated in both the NIT and NCAA Tournament in 1950, in which Bradly lost to CCNY in both games. During one NIT game in 1949, Melchiorre scored an astounding 71 points, a tournament record that stands to this day. Bradley University is a private, co-educational university located in Peoria, Illinois. ...
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He was named to the Missouri Valley Conference first team three times, and in his junior year made the all-NIT team. For the 1951 season, he was an Associated Press, United Press International and Colliers Magazine first team All-American and selected by the magazine, Sports Album, as one of the two best offensive players in the country [2]. He also was a letter-winner on the Bradley baseball team, and he recieved a degree in business administration. Former Missouri Valley Conference logo The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply The Valley) is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States. ...
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Point Shaving Scandal Melchiorre was involved in a massive point shaving scandal that in 1951 which brought seven schools and 32 players from around the US to face charges on violations of the New York state penal code. On July 24, 1951, Melchiorre and four of his teammates admitted to taking bribes to hold down scores against St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia in 1951 and against Oregon State University in Chicago [3]. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
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Melchiorre and two of his teammates pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in New York. Though the players faced three years jailtime, the assistant District Attorney praised the threesome's cooperation, giving them a suspended sentence. A misdemeanor, or misdemeanour, in many common law legal systems, is a lesser criminal act. ...
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NBA Upon his completion of four years at Bradley and a suspended sentence for the point shaving scandal, Melchiorre entered the 1951 NBA Draft. He was selected as the first overall pick in the draft by the Baltimore Bullets. Melchiorre would never play a minute of NBA basketball though. His involvement in the scandal banned him for life from the NBA and involvement in any NCAA honors. There have been two separate franchises in the National Basketball Association known as the Baltimore Bullets: For the team that played in the league from 1947 through 1955, when it became the last NBA franchise to fold, see: Baltimore Bullets (original) For the later team of that name, still in...
Later Years He married Kay Boles in 1951. He returned to his native Highland Park in the mid-1950s, at first working in the Post Office. He then moved into insurance and appliance sales, women's wear and finally started his own small trucking firm. He was inducted into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
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