Tony Lavelli · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Accordion classics
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 128
Accordionist who also played basketball. Was a Yale All-American in the 40s, then wen to on to play briefly for the Boston Celtics, where he also entertained the crowd with his accordion during game breaks, and for the New York Knicks. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tony+Lavelli">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Somerville
- Place of death
- Laconia
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- accordion
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- small forward
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 84
- Image
- Tony Lavelli 1959.JPG
- Height
- 190
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- date of birth
- 1926-07-11
- date of death
- 1998-01-08
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- drafted by
- Boston Celtics
- end of work period
- 1951-00-00
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- Commons category
- Tony Lavelli
Sources (2)
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