Eddie Mast was an American professional basketball player who played for the New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.
16 Facts About Eddie Mast
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Eddie Mast played college basketball for Temple between 1966 and 1969.
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Eddie Mast grabbed 22 rebounds to help the Owls beat Boston College and win the 1969 National Invitation Tournament.
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Eddie Mast was not offered a contract and played a season for the Allentown Jets in the Eastern Professional Basketball League, where he was named Rookie of the Year and selected to the All-EPBL Second Team.
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Eddie Mast won an EPBL championship with the Jets in 1970.
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Eddie Mast eventually signed with the Knicks in September 1970.
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Eddie Mast played for the Belgium Lions of the European Professional Basketball League in early 1975.
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Eddie Mast joined the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association in September 1975.
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Eddie Mast was waived a month later before playing a game for the Colonels.
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Eddie Mast ultimately spent most of his career in the Eastern League, which was later renamed the Continental Basketball Association.
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Eddie Mast won EBA championships with the Jets in 1975 and 1976.
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Eddie Mast served as player coach for the Lehigh Valley Jets until they folded in 1981.
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Eddie Mast served as boys basketball head coach at Louis E Dieruff High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1983 to 1985.
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Eddie Mast coached Easton Catholic Youth Organization boys and girls basketball teams.
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Eddie Mast died of a heart attack on October 18,1994, while playing a pick-up game of basketball at the Kirby Field House on the campus of Lafayette College.
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Eddie Mast was said to suffer from Pete Maravich syndrome.