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American basketball and baseball player

Bill DeVenzio
Personal information
Born	(1924-08-02)August 2, 1924 Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
Died	January 1, 1969(1969-01-01) (aged 44) Moon Township, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Coraopolis (Coraopolis, Pennsylvania)
College	Geneva (1942–1945) Eastern Kentucky (1946–1947)
NBA draft	1947: undrafted
Position	Guard
Career history
1947	Syracuse Nationals
1947–1948	Altoona

William Lawrence DeVenzio (August 2, 1924 – January 1, 1969) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League in six games for the Syracuse Nationals during the 1947–48 season and averaged 1.8 points per game.

DeVenzio also played one year of minor league baseball, for the Hannibal Pilots during the 1947 season. In college he had transferred from Geneva College, where he lettered for three years in basketball, to Eastern Kentucky University because Geneva did not have a baseball team at the time. While at Eastern Kentucky he played basketball for one season and baseball for two.

References

^ "William DeVenzio NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
"Bill DeVenzio". Peach Basket Society. May 3, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
"William DeVenzio Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
"William DeVenzio minor league stats". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
^ "Eastern's DeVenzio Is Swamped With Pro Offers". The Courier-Journal. May 28, 1947. p. 15. Retrieved September 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

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