About Joseph Niland
Lived 2000 – 2007. Joseph Niland was a basketball player and basketball coach.
Joseph Patrick Niland (died February 18, 2007) is an American former basketball coach and player at Canisius College. Niland played college basketball at Canisius from 1938 to 1942, graduating in 1942 as an All-American. From 1943 to 1945, Niland served under General George S. Patton in the US Army's 20th Armored Division during World War II. Niland was elected to the Canisius College Sports Hall of Fame in 1964, and the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. He is the father of college coaches Joseph Niland Jr and David Niland and uncle of current University of Michigan men's basketball head coach John Beilein.
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Who was Joseph Niland?
basketball player (died 2007)
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Joseph Niland was born in 2000.
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Joseph Niland died on 18 February 2007.
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Joseph Niland was a basketball player and basketball coach.
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