Hank Siemiontkowski

Hank Siemiontkowski

Hank Siemiontkowski (born 1950) is a former forward (basketball) for the Villanova Wildcats and the Cleveland Cavaliers. ["Draft Choices of N.B.A. Teams, New York Times, April 11, 1972, pg. 51.] He scored nineteen pointsin the Wildcats loss to the UCLA Bruins in the 1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in Houston, Texas.UCLA Bruins Basketball, Box Scores of Past 11 Championships, retrieved on 4-7-08.] In the semifinal game the 6'5" juniorscored a career high 31 points in an overtime defeat of Western Kentucky University. Coached by Jack Kraft, the Wildcats became the first Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and northeastern United States team to reach the NCAA championship game since La Salle University in 1955. ["Villanova, U.C.L.A. Gain Final", New York Times, March 26, 1971, pg. 45.] Siemiontkowski was named to the 1971 NCAAEast Regional all-tournament team along with his teammate Howard Porter (basketball). ["Porter Tops East Team", Washington Post,Times Herald, March 22, 1971, pg. D2.] He graduated from Northeast Catholic High School in Philadelphia in 1968. ["Murray's Five Tests Red Sox", Delaware County, Pennsylvania Daily Times, April 6, 1968, pg. 18.]

He was selected by the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association in April 1972 ["Cougars Select Henry Bibby In Draft, Nets Pick Siemiontkowski as A.B.A. Goes Public", New York Times, April 13, 1972, pg. 57.] and chosen #50 by Cleveland in the 1972 NBA Draft. [Hank Siemiontkowski, Armchair GM Sports Wiki Database, Retrieved on 4-7-08.] Siemiontkowski was placed onwaivers by the Cavaliers in October 1972. ["Cavaliers Drop 3, Suspend Lenny Wilkens, New York Times, October 11, 1972, pg. 34.]

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