Jack Molinas

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Jacob "Jack" L. Molinas (October 31, 1931 – August 3, 1975[1]) was an American professional basketball player and one of the key figures in the point shaving scandal that almost destroyed NCAA basketball. Molinas attended Stuyvesant High School[2] and graduated from Columbia University in 1953. He played briefly in the NBA in 1954, participating in 29 games for the Fort Wayne Pistons before being banned for game-fixing activities. Molinas was said to have contact to New York City mobster Thomas Eboli. Molinas was murdered in 1975.

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  • Rosen, Charley (2003). The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball. New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1-58322-562-5. 
  1. ^ Molinas, Jack. JewsinSports.org. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  2. ^ Konigsberg, Eric. "Double Dribbling", New York Times, 2002-03-03. Retrieved on 2007-11-02. 


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