1. Vincent Joseph Boryla was an American basketball player, coach and executive.
12 Facts About Vince Boryla
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Vince Boryla graduated from East Chicago Washington High School in 1944.
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Vince Boryla played basketball at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Denver, where he was named a consensus All-American in 1949.
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Vince Boryla played for the New York Knicks in the early 1950s.
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In 1951, Vince Boryla scored nine points in the inaugural NBA All-Star Game and played in the NBA Finals in 1951 and 1953.
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Later in his career, Vince Boryla became the general manager of the American Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets early in their history when they were first the Kansas City ABA team and then the Denver Larks.
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Vince Boryla was the general manager of the ABA's Utah Stars, where the team won the 1971 ABA Championship under his management.
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Vince Boryla later rejoined the Nuggets when the franchise joined the NBA.
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Vince Boryla won the NBA Executive of the Year Award with the Nuggets in 1985.
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Vince Boryla's son Mike was a quarterback in the National Football League; Vince served as his agent.
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Vince Boryla was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 1984 into the National Polish-American Hall of Fame.
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Vince Boryla died in Denver, Colorado, on March 27,2016, from complications of pneumonia, aged 89.