Thursday, February 8, 2018

Venty Leib

Aaron Venty Leib


Born:
April 18, 1912
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
February 3, 1990
Lake Worth, FL


Career
1928-29 Franklin Lane High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1929-30 Franklin Lane High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1931-32 New York University (College)
1932-33 New York University (College)
1933-34 New York University (College)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 New York Jewels (ABL)
1936-37 New York Dux (Independent)
1937-38 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1937-38 New York Yankees (ABL)
1937-38 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1937-38 Larksville (NYPA)
1938-39 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1943-44 Brooklyn College (College) Head coach
1948-49 Lincoln High School - Brooklyn (High School) Head coach
1948-49 Lincoln High School - Brooklyn (High School) Head coach
1948-49 Lincoln High School - Brooklyn (High School) Head coach
1948-49 Lincoln High School - Brooklyn (High School) Head coach

Leib was a star basketball player and tennis player in high school and playing both at NYU, he want on to play professional basketball before focusing full time to teaching and coaching. He took Lincoln HS to a state title as a coach a mere twenty years after playing on Lane HS's championship team.
He married Esther Sherman (1915-2010) in 1940 and they had two children.

Source:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 6, 1949

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/venty-leib/

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