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American basketball coach
Sam Lifschultz
Personal information
Born(1905-01-07)January 7, 1905
DiedDecember 25, 1951(1951-12-25) (aged 46)
NationalityAmerican
Career history
As coach:
192?–193?Crane Tech School
193?–193?Lifschultz Fast Freight
1939–1940Chicago Bruins

Samuel E. Lifschultz (January 7, 1905 – December 25, 1951) was an American professional basketball coach for the Chicago Bruins, leading the franchise's first season in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL). He coached for just the 1939–40 season in which the team finished with record of 14–14. That squad's stars were rookies out of the Loyola University Chicago, Mike Novak and Wibs Kautz.

Lifschultz had also coached at Crane Tech School in Chicago, Illinois, junior college teams, and Lifschultz Fast Freight in the AAU.

He left coaching to pursue business interests full time.

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Chicago 1939–40 28 14 14 .500 3rd in Western — — — — Missed playoffs
Total 28 14 14 .500 — — — —

References

  1. "Sam Lifschultz". Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  2. "Hold Services For Lifschultz, Ex-Coach, Today". Chicago Tribune. Newspapers.com. December 27, 1951. p. 35. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Marcus, Jeff (2003). A Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 97–98. ISBN 0-8108-4007-3.
  4. "Kautz, Hapac, Other Stars Face Hammond Here Sun". The (Munster) Times. Newspapers.com. December 20, 1940. p. 26. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  5. "A Hall of Fame stands corrected: Pat Harmon is just not for sale". Estherville Daily News. Newspapers.com. March 28, 1975. p. 26. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
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