Paul Chadick
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 25, 1918 Wilmington, Delaware |
| Died | December 28, 1999 (aged 81) Seminole, Florida |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Wilmington (DE) |
| College | Beacom (1936–1937) St. Joseph's (1937–1939) |
| Playing career | 1939–1949 |
| Position | Forward |
| Career history | |
| 1939–1940 | Amsterdam |
| 1940–1941 | General Chemical |
| 1940–1941 | Wilmington St. Hedwig Huskies |
| 1940–1941 | St. Paul's |
| 1941–1942 | Wilmington Blue Bombers |
| 1941–1943 | Sun Shipbuilding Company |
| 1942 | Milford Cardinals |
| 1942 | Wilmington Y. M. C. A. |
| 1942–1943 | Pusey & Jones |
| 1943 | St. Ann's |
| 1943–1944 | Wilmington Bombers |
| 1945–1947 | Wilmington Bombers |
| 1946 | Wilkes-Barre Barons |
| 1947–1948 | Trenton Tigers |
| 1947–1948 | Sunbury Mercuries |
| 1948–1949 | Trenton Tigers |
Paul Joseph Chadick (May 25, 1918 – December 28, 1999) was an American basketball player.
Early life and education
Chadick was born on May 25, 1918, in Wilmington, Delaware. As a youth, Chadick won several basketball championships.[1] He attended Wilmington High School and was unanimously voted basketball team captain in January 1936.[2][3] The Morning News reported in February 1936 that "Two Eagle-eyed performers, Captain Paul Chadick and Danny DiPace, have featured the [Wilmington HS] Red Devils' attack. Chadick is unquestionably one of the most outstanding players ever to perform for Wilmington High. He has no peer as a shotmaker and is in the thick of every offensive assault. Chadick also directs High's famed passing attack in a manner that has brought praise from everyone who has seen the team."[4]
Chadick enrolled at Beacom College in late 1936. He played one season in basketball and was a top player under coach John D. Naylor.[5]
Chadick transferred to St. Joseph's University in Pennsylvania in 1937. He made the starting lineup, heralded as the "Mighty Mites," in his freshman season.[6] He made his debut for the team in a 58–22 win over Loyola University Maryland and made two field goals and an assist.[7] He played in the 1937–38 season and half of the 1938–39 season before leaving to enter the professional ranks.[8]
Professional career
Chadick started his professional basketball career with Amsterdam in the New York State League (NYSL), appearing in nine games and scoring 87 total points in the 1939–40 season.[9] For the 1940–41 season, he returned to Delaware and played for the independent St. Hedwig's Huskies.[10] He also was a player-coach that season for the General Chemical team of the Industrial Basketball League (IBL), leading them to a 5–0 start.[11] The General Chemical team eventually made the league championship, where Chadick's "sensational long-range firing of field goals" helped them win the final game 42–39 against DuPont.[12] In the game, which was the third and deciding match of the series, Chadick scored 19 points in what was described as "one of the most exciting and bitterly contested games of the season."[13] The Journal-Every Evening reported that "all of his action arches were from a distance with no less than half of them coming from the dead center of the court."[14] Chadick was named the league's most valuable player in a poll and was named to the all-star squad.[15] League president P. Newton Pew said that "Chadick's selection on the [all-star] team honors not only the best player in the league but one of the finest gentlemen as well. Chadick never complains to officials, never displays unsportsmanlike, and is always a gentleman."[16] He also played for St. Paul's in the Catholic Basketball League (CBL).[17]
On November 24, 1941, Chadick was signed by the Wilmington Blue Bombers of the American Basketball League (ABL).[18] In mid-December, it was announced that Chadick was lost for the remainder of the ABL season, as he was employed by the Sun Shipbuilding Co. which had a team in the Delaware River Basketball League (Delri League) that played on the same days as Wilmington.[19] He stated that it was impossible for him to play for both teams at once.[20] In the four games he played in with the Blue Bombers, Chadick gave "a good account of himself," according to the Journal-Every Evening.[21] Wilmington eventually won the league championship. From January to February 1942, Chadick played for the Milford Cardinals in the Eastern Shore Basketball League (ESBL).[22][23] In a game against the Laurel Merchants, Chadick scored 43 points.[24] He finished the ESBL season fourth in the league in scoring with 202 points.[25]
For the 1942–43 season, Chadick returned to the Industrial Basketball League (IBL) and played for the Pusey & Jones.[26] Pusey & Jones eventually won the league championship in March, 57–37 against DuPont with Chadick scoring 12 points in the game.[27] He also played for the Wilmington Y. M. C. A. basketball team.[28] From January to April 1943, Chadick played for St. Ann's in the C. Y. O. Basketball League, leading them to the league championship against St. Thomas.[29][30] In February, Chadick was named by league president Jim McGonegal as someone who would be on the Catholic League/C. Y. O. League all-time team.[31] McGonegal also stated that the duo of Chadick and Bill McCahan on St. Ann's was the best combination in league history.[32] Chadick additionally played with the Sun Ship team in the Delaware River Basketball League (Delri League), leading them to the first half league championship.[33] His play with Sun Ship led Chester Times journalist Bill Burks to write: "We have known it for a long time and so have most of you fans but we think it might be a good time to put it down in black and white. Paul Chadick is too good for the Delri League and is the main reason why Sun Ship has made shambles of competition by winning 23 of 24 games in two years of play. There are no players in the league who can match Chadick in all around ability, condition and competitive spirit. It is possible that Sun Ship could win the league without Paul, but the Robertshaw machine is a double-barrelled cinch with Chadick in harness. The Shippers have a clever assortment of court talent but the Wilmington whirlwind is like Joe DiMaggio with the Yankees–he is the extra punch that wins titles. It would benefit the league if Chadick was to retire. Possibly the second half struggle might result in a wide open scrap involving several teams, and this would be a tonic for the fans and the competitors. But it would be unfair to Chadick who has a perfect right to play. The fans like to watch peppery Paul, but unfortunately he makes the other lads look bad."[34] Sun Ship eventually won the league championship game, 44–40 against Ford Local with two field goals made in the final minute by Chadick.[35]
In October 1943, Chadick tried out for the Wilmington Blue Bombers of the American Basketball League (ABL).[36] He made the team and scored their first points in the season opener, a win against the Brooklyn Indians.[37] In November, Journal-Every Evening journalist Dick Rinard wrote that "Paul Chadick has proven to any skeptics who may have doubted his big league caliber that he can go in any competition."[38] By the end of 1943 he was tied with Ed Sadowski for the team lead in scoring, with a newspaper writing that he "totalled[sic] only three points in the first three games of the season but has been banging them in steadily from the field since the fourth game."[39] Chadick helped the team make the league championship round, where they went 4–3 against the Philadelphia Sphas to capture the ABL title.[40] In the championship series, Chadick scored 57 points, only behind teammate Moe Frankel (who scored 66) for the lead.[41]
After the season ended, Chadick was accepted by the United States Marine Corps to serve in World War II, which caused him to miss the 1944–45 season.[42] In October 1945, he wrote a letter to the Blue Bombers manager stating he was in Japan but hoped to return to Wilmington "before too much snow falls.[43] While in Japan, he also played "quite a bit of basketball," according to The Morning News.[44] He left Japan on December 4, 1945, and came to San Diego, California, on December 25.[45] He was given honorable discharge from the Marine Corps on January 7, 1946, and arrived in Wilmington on January 16.[46] He served overseas for 14 months.[47] Upon returning to Delaware, Chadick signed with the Blue Bombers, making his return against the New York Gothams on January 20.[48] In his first game back, Chadick appeared as a substitute and scored two points.[49] A week later, against the Philadelphia Sphas on January 27, Chadick led the team with 20 points scored.[50] After Wilmington was eliminated in the playoffs, Chadick signed with the Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Penn State League.[51][52] He was a replacement for Wilkes-Barre's leading scorer, Jack "Rocco" Hogan, who had suffered an injury.[53] With Wilmington in the 1945–46 season, he appeared in a total of 17 games and scored 174 points.[54]
Chadick returned to the Blue Bombers for the 1946–47 season and was named team captain following the October workouts.[55] On November 22, against the Trenton Tigers, he scored the game-winning shot with 10 seconds left to play to win 53–52.[56] By December 13, Chadick was third in the ABL scoring with 147 points in 11 games, only behind Saul Cohen (173) and Bobby Dorn (155).[57] He finished the season with 35 games played, 166 field goals and 71 free throws made for a total of 403 points.[58] After the season ended, Chadick was named to the ABL all-star team.[59]
Later life and death
In 1974, Chadick moved from Wilmington to Seminole, Florida, where he served 18 years as manager of a liquor store and operated a sporting goods shop.[60]
Chadick was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1984.[61]
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