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American basketball player
Jackie Goldsmith
Personal information
Born(1921-03-21)March 21, 1921
DiedOctober 23, 1968(1968-10-23) (aged 47)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight155 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High schoolThomas Jefferson
(Brooklyn, New York)
CollegeLIU Brooklyn (1945–1947)
Playing career1941–1949
PositionGuard
Career history
1947–1948Toledo Jeeps
1947–1948Portland Indians
1948–1949Brooklyn Gothams
Career highlights and awards

Jackie Goldsmith (March 21, 1921 – October 23, 1968) was an American basketball player. He was an All-American at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University and played for one season in the American National Basketball League.

Goldsmith, a 5'8 guard, came to LIU following a high school career at nearby Thomas Jefferson High School. After a season on the school's freshman team, he spent three years in the United States Coast Guard during World War II, where he played basketball for various coast guard teams including the Diesels and the New London Bears at the Coast Guard Station New London, Connecticut, and the District Coast Guard in New York. After serving in the Coast Guard, he returned to LIU. Following the close of his college career, Goldsmith played briefly for the Toledo Jeeps of the NBL. He also played for the Portland Indians from 1947–1948 in the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League and the Brooklyn Gothams from 1948–1949 in the American Basketball League.

In 1951, Goldsmith became one of a number of New York City basketball figures implicated in the CCNY point shaving scandal. He was ultimately sentenced to two and a half to four years in prison for fixing games at LIU and Manhattan College.

References

  1. "Goldsmith, Garden darling, refutes idea star of today must be one with altitude". News-Herald, Franklin, PA. 4 Jan 1946. p. 8. Retrieved February 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. Grayson, Harry. "Jackie Goldsmith Becomes Cage Darling of Garden", Ventura County Star-Free Press, Ventura, California, 71st year, number 69, January 26, 1946, page 8.
  3. https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/2012/10/eugenes_ty_lovelace_and_other.html
  4. https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/stats/p-goldsja01
  5. "Police probing into history of Jackie Goldsmith". The Sheboygan Press. 25 April 1951. p. 25. Retrieved February 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. Goldstein, Joe (November 19, 2003). "Explosion: 1951 scandals threaten college hoops". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

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