Nationality American Position Forward Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Name Bob Shea | Listed weight 194 lb (88 kg) Role Novelist Pro career 1946–1947 Education Manhattan College | |
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Born September 11, 1924Mystic, Connecticut ( 1924-09-11 ) Died March 10, 1994, Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States Spouse Patricia Monaghan (m. ?–1994), Yvonne Shea Awards Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Books Dinosaur vs Bedtime, The Eye in the Pyramid, Shike, The Saracen, All Things Are Lights Similar People Robert Anton Wilson, Patricia Monaghan, Robert W Chambers, Erwin Schrodinger | ||
Bob shea 2011 national book festival
Robert Francis "Bob" Shea (September 11, 1924 – January 27, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Providence Steamrollers in the Basketball Association of America during the 1946–47 season. He averaged 2.2 points and 0.1 assists per game.
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Born in Mystic, Connecticut, Shea attended Stonington High School where he played football. When the school added a basketball team in 1939, he had never even held a basketball until he appeared at the try-out. After starring at Stonington, he attended the University of Rhode Island (known then as Rhode Island State College), playing basketball under coach Frank Keaney. Shea was the co-captain for the 1946 squad that lost the NIT championship game to Kentucky. He was inducted into the URI athletic hall of fame in 1979.
After college, Shea went on to play professionally for the Providence Steamrollers in the inaugural season of the Basketball Association of America, which a few years later became the National Basketball Association. On November 2, 1946, the BAA's opening night, Shea scored the first basket of the game against the Boston Celtics. He went on to play in 43 games that season, scoring 93 points.
While playing for Providence, Shea continued schooling and got his Master's degree, and worked as a Social Studies teacher at Stonington High School for 35 years. He died in 2015 from complications of Parkinson's disease.