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Philip Brownstein

1906 – 1999

American basketball player and coach

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Lived 1906 – 1999 (aged 92). Philip Brownstein was an American basketball player and basketball coach.

Philip Brownstein (May 17, 1906 – February 11, 1999) was an American basketball coach, scout, and general manager at the prep school and professional levels. He was the interim head coach for the Chicago Stags, an early National Basketball Association team, for 11 games during the 1948–49 season, and went 10–1 while head coach Harold Olsen was out. Brownstein then took over as the Stags' head coach for the 1949–50 season and led them to a 40–28 record. From 1929 to 1971, Brownstein served as a basketball coach and assistant principal at Kelvyn Park High School in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. He also served as a scout for the Harlem Globetrotters and as a general manager for the Chicago Majors of the American Basketball League.

He died on February 11, 1999, in Rush North Shore Medical Center in Skokie, Illinois.

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, DePaul University

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Who was Philip Brownstein?

American basketball player and coach

When was Philip Brownstein born?

Philip Brownstein was born on 17 May 1906 in Chicago.

When did Philip Brownstein die?

Philip Brownstein died on 11 February 1999 in Skokie.

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Philip Brownstein was a basketball player and basketball coach.

What nationality was Philip Brownstein?

Philip Brownstein was American.

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· Wikipedia: Philip Brownstein

· Wikidata: Q3901444

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