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American basketball player
Ace Gruenig
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Born
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1913-03-12
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March 12, 1913
Chicago, Illinois
, U.S.
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Died
| August 11, 1958
(1958-08-11)
(aged 45)
Del Norte, Colorado
, U.S.
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Listed height
| 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
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Listed weight
| 220 lb (100 kg)
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High school
| Crane Tech
(Chicago, Illinois)
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Position
| Center
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1932?1933
| Chicago Rosenberg-Arvey
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1933?1934
| Chicago Fast Freighters
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1934?1935
| Denver Piggly Wiggly
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1935?1938
| Denver Safeway
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1938?1940
| Denver Nuggets
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1940?1941
| Denver
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1941?1943
| Denver American Legion
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1943?1946
| Denver Ambrose Jellymakers
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1946?1947
| Denver Nuggets
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1947?1948
| Denver Murphy Mahoney
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1948?1949
| Denver Nuggets
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Basketball Hall of Fame as player
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Robert F. "Ace" Gruenig
(March 12, 1913 ? August 11, 1958) was an American
basketball
player during the 1930s and 1940s.
The 6 ft. 8 in. (203 cm) Gruenig is considered one of the game's first great big men. The
Chicago, Illinois
native led his high school,
Crane Tech
, to the
Chicago Public High School League
championship in 1931. He attended
Northwestern University
, but withdrew after his
freshman year
without having played for the varsity. While playing for several
AAU
teams in the following decade, Gruenig was named AAU All-America 10 times (1937?40, 1942?46, 1948). Furthermore, he led the Denver Safeway (1937), Denver Nuggets (1939) and Denver American Legion (1942) teams to AAU championships. On August 11, 1963, Gruenig was enshrined to the
Basketball Hall of Fame
.
References
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edit
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- http://www.apbr.org/aau.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110622001342/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/robert-f-gruenig
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