Edward Anthony Sadowski (July 11, 1917 – September 18, 1990) was an American professional basketball player.

Early life Sadowski was born in Akron, Ohio. He was part of a large family, with at least three brothers and three sisters.

College athletics He starred at Seton Hall University during the late 1930s and early 1940s. A center, he led Seton Hall to its only undefeated season (1939–1940).

Career Professional basketball Sadowski later played professionally in the National Basketball League, the Basketball Association of America, and the National Basketball Association (which was formed after a merger between the first two leagues in this list).

As a member of the Boston Celtics in 1947–48, Sadowski ranked third in the BAA in points per game (19.4) and was named to the All-BAA first team, making him the first ever Boston Celtics player to be named to the All-BAA/NBA Team. He led the Celtics to their first ever postseason, but they lost to the Chicago Stags 2 games to 1.

After basketball Retiring from basketball in 1950, he worked in labor relations for the Cities Service Oil Company.

Personal life and later years Sadowski and his wife, Charlotte, had two sons, Edward and Bill. Sadowski died of cancer at age 73 in his Wall Township, New Jersey home in 1990.

Career playing statistics Legend   GP Games played  FGM  Field-goals made  FG%  Field-goal percentage  FTM  Free-throws made  FTA  Free-throws attempted  FT%  Free-throw percentage  APG  Assists per game  PTS  Points  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high †Denotes seasons in which Sadowski's team won an NBL championship

NBL Source

Regular season

| style="text-align:left;"| 1940–41 | style="text-align:left;"| Detroit | 24 || 95 || 66 || 101 || .653 || 256 || 10.7 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1944–45† | style="text-align:left;"| F.W. Zollner Pistons | 1 || 4 || 2 || || || 10 || 10.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1945–46 | style="text-align:left;"| F.W. Zollner Pistons | 34 || 122 || 82 || 120 || .683 || 326 || 9.6 |- |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 59 || 221 || 150 || 221 || .670 || 592 || 10.0

Playoffs

| style="text-align:left;"| 1941 | style="text-align:left;"| Detroit | 3 || 7 || 9 || 23 || || || 7.7 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1945† | style="text-align:left;"| F.W. Zollner Pistons | 7 || 17 || 11 || 45 || || || 6.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1946 | style="text-align:left;"| F.W. Zollner Pistons | 4 || 20 || 17 || 23 || .739 || 57 || 14.3 |- |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 14 || 44 || 37 || 23 || .739 || 125 || 8.9

BAA/NBA Regular season Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG 1946–47 Toronto 10 .349 .682 .8 19.1 1946–47 Cleveland 43 .375 .664 .9 16.0 1947–48 Boston 47 .323 .697 1.6 19.4 1948–49 Philadelphia 60 .405 .686 2.7 15.3 1949–50 Philadelphia 17 .307 .693 2.3 8.6 1949–50 Baltimore 52 .328 .745 1.9 14.0Career 229 .354 .697 1.8 15.6

Playoffs Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG 1947 Cleveland 3 .393 .794 1.7 23.7 1948 Boston 3 .345 .605 2.0 20.3 1949 Philadelphia 2 .214 .615 1.5 10.0Career 8 .338 .682 1.8 19.0

Head coaching record

| style="text-align:left;"|Toronto | style="text-align:left;"| | 12||3||9|||| style="text-align:center;"|(resigned)||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|—

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External links Career statistics