Eugene "Squeaky" Melchiorre was an American basketball player.
10 Facts About Gene Melchiorre
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Gene Melchiorre was the fifth of six children born in Highland Park, Illinois, to a gardener who moved his family there from Joliet in 1936.
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Gene Melchiorre was a starting wingback on the Highland Park football team, a basketball player, a baseball player, a tennis player and, in his later years, a golfer.
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Gene Melchiorre participated in both the NIT and NCAA tournament in 1950, in which Bradley lost to CCNY in the championship game of each tournament.
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Gene Melchiorre was a letter-winner on the Bradley baseball team, a member of Sigma Chi and received a degree in business administration.
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Gene Melchiorre was involved in a massive point shaving scandal in 1951 which brought seven schools and 32 players from around the US to face charges on violations of the New York state penal code.
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Gene Melchiorre was selected as the first overall pick in the draft by the Baltimore Bullets.
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Gene Melchiorre returned to his native Highland Park in the mid-1950s, at first working in the post office.
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Gene Melchiorre then moved into insurance and appliance sales, women's wear and finally started his own small trucking firm.
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Gene Melchiorre died on September 27,2019, at the age of 92.