Personal information | |
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Born |
Newark, New Jersey |
February 10, 1921
Died | January 17, 2007 Bethesda, Maryland |
(aged 85)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 203 lb (92 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Bloomfield (Bloomfield, New Jersey) |
College | Georgetown (1941–1943, 1946–1948) |
NBA draft | 1948 / Round: -- / Pick: -- |
Selected by the Indianapolis Jets | |
Playing career | 1948–1949 |
Position | Forward |
Number | 70 |
Career history | |
1948–1949 | Indianapolis Jets |
Career BAA statistics | |
Points | 135 (6.4 ppg) |
Assists | 14 (0.7 apg) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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.