About Jack Leighton
Lived 1928 – 1996 (aged 68). Jack Leighton was a basketball player.
John Charles Leighton Sr. (January 25, 1928 – August 2, 1996) was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Scranton. winning an EPBL championship in 1952. Leighton joined the Williamsport Billies in 1952 and played for the team until 1956. and 1954. Leighton was selected to the All-EPBL Second Team in 1953 and the First Team in 1954. He finished his career with the Wilkes-Barre Barons in the EPBL during the 1956–57 season.
Leighton worked as a real estate broker and owned a real estate insurance and appraisals business in Wilkes-Barre. He died of a sudden illness in a Wilkes-Barre hospital on August 2, 1996.
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Who was Jack Leighton?
American basketball player
When was Jack Leighton born?
Jack Leighton was born on 25 January 1928 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
When did Jack Leighton die?
Jack Leighton died on 2 August 1996.
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Jack Leighton was a basketball player.
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