Nationality American Role Basketball Player Positions Basketball positions Name Andy Kostecka Education Georgetown University | Listed weight 203 lb (92 kg) Weight 92 kg Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Height 1.91 m | |
Born February 10, 1921
Newark, New Jersey ( 1921-02-10 ) High school Bloomfield (Bloomfield, New Jersey) College Georgetown (1941–1943, 1946–1948) NBA draft 1948 / Round: / Pick: Died January 17, 2007, Bethesda, Maryland, United States | ||
Andrew "Andy" Kostecka (February 10, 1921 – January 17, 2007) was an American professional basketball player. Kostecka was selected in the 1948 BAA Draft by the Indianapolis Jets after a collegiate career at Georgetown. He played for the Jets for one season before retiring from basketball.
In his post-basketball career, Kostecka worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Department of Commerce. Kostecka was also in the United States Army, and during World War II he "served as General Douglas MacArthur's Russian interpreter and was among the first group of Americans to enter Nagasaki after the explosion of the atomic bomb over the city."
He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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