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Buddy Jeannette

Buddy Jeannette, American basketball player and coach (died 1998)

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Born
September 15, 1917
Died
March 11, 1998
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1917

About Buddy Jeannette

Harry Edward "Buddy" Jeannette was an American professional basketball player and coach. Jeannette also won a title with the American Basketball League's Baltimore Bullets in 1948. He was named to the First Team of the National Basketball League (NBL) four times, and won titles with the NBL's Sheboygan Red Skins in 1943 and Fort Wayne Pistons in 1944 and 1945. In the 1948 BAA playoffs, he became the first player-coach to win a professional championship.

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Buddy Jeannette timeline

  1. He was named to the First Team of the National Basketball League (NBL) four times, and won titles with the NBL's Sheboygan Red Skins in 1943 and Fort Wayne Pistons in 1944 and 1945.
  2. Jeannette also won a title with the American Basketball League's Baltimore Bullets in 1948.
  3. In the 1948 BAA playoffs, he became the first player-coach to win a professional championship.

The world when Buddy Jeannette was born

Buddy Jeannette was born in 1917. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Buddy Jeannette's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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