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Jack Molinas was born on 31 October, 1931 in New York City, New York, U.S., is an American basketball player. Discover Jack Molinas's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 43 years old?

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Age 43 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 31 October 1931
Birthday 31 October
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death 3 August, 1975
Died Place Hollywood, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1931

Jacob Louis Molinas (October 31, 1931 – August 3, 1975 ) was an American professional basketball player and a key figure in one of the most wide-reaching point shaving scandals in college basketball.

Molinas grew up in Brooklyn and attended Stuyvesant High School.

His parents owned a bar on Coney Island.

1950

He attended Columbia University from 1950 to 1953 where he played basketball.

1952

In the 1952-1953 season he was the captain of Columbia's team and led the team in scoring.

1953

In 1953, he set a team record for most points scored in a game—a mark that was eclipsed a few years later by Chet Forte.

The Fort Wayne Pistons drafted him third in the 1953 NBA draft and played in 32 games before the league banned him for wagering on Pistons games.

1954

Molinas was selected for the 1954 NBA All-Star Game but was suspended at the time of the game and was replaced by teammate Andy Phillip.

He later sued the NBA for $3 million, claiming the league's ban was an unreasonable restraint of trade.

Judge Irving Kaufman ruled against him in the case.

Molinas is the NBA career leader in All-Star games per number of regular season games played (1/32).

Molinas played in the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) from 1954 to 1962 for the Williamsport Billies, Hazleton Hawks and Wilkes-Barre Barons.

1955

Molinas was a five-time All-EPBL First Team selection (1955–1958, 1960) and two-time Second Team selection (1959, 1961).

1956

He was selected as the EPBL Most Valuable Player in 1956.

1957

The gambling ring went on from 1957 to 1960 and involved 50 players from 27 colleges.

Two of the most notable players ensnared in the scandal were future Hall of Famers Connie Hawkins and Roger Brown.

Molinas gave Hawkins $250 during his freshman year at Iowa, but never encouraged him to throw games.

1960

He served as a player-coach for the Hawks during the 1960–61 season.

After his playing career, he entered the Brooklyn Law School from where he graduated with a law degree.

Before his admission to law school, the Bronx County District Attorney investigated his case and concluded that he had not committed a crime.

The bar association also reviewed his case and admitted him to the New York Bar.

1961

Molinas became the central figure in the 1961 point-shaving scandal.

Hawkins also played in the American Basketball League (ABL) for its entire existence, 1961–63, and afterwards appealed towards the NBA in allowing him to play again, starting in 1969 with the Phoenix Suns.

1963

In 1963, Molinas was convicted for his role in the scheme and was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison.

1967

Although Molinas never implicated Hawkins in any way, both Hawkins and Brown were effectively blackballed from both collegiate and professional basketball, until signing with the upstart American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967.

1968

He was paroled in 1968 after serving five years.

Molinas was said to have contacts with New York City mobster Thomas Eboli.

1973

In 1973, authorities arrested and charged him with interstate shipment of pornography and furs in Taiwan.

He was due to stand trial on those charges at the time of his death.

1974

His business partner Bernard Gusoff had been beaten to death in November 1974.

Molinas and Gusoff both had life insurance policies worth $500,000 on each other due to them being partners in a fur-importing business at the time.

1975

At 2:00 am on August 3, 1975, at age 43, Molinas was killed while standing in the backyard of his home in Los Angeles.

Eugene Connor fired five shots, with at least one shot being a bullet to the head, while standing in the yard of Molinas' neighbor using a long-barreled .22 caliber pistol steadied on the fence.

Molinas was hit in the neck, and his girlfriend and dog were both wounded as well.

Police did not rule out a mob-related murder.

1985

Meanwhile, Brown spent his entire professional career in the rival ABA, leading the Indianapolis Pacers to three ABA titles before retiring from basketball in 1975; the Indiana Pacers retired his number (#35) on November 2, 1985.