Don Warnke
American basketball player
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| Intro | American basketball player | ||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||
| was | Athlete Basketball player Sports coach Basketball coach | ||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||
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| Birth | 8 April 1920, Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana, USA | ||||
| Death | 14 April 1970Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, USA (aged 50 years) | ||||
| Star sign | Aries | ||||
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Donald Leroy Warnke (April 8, 1920 – April 14, 1970) was an American professional basketball player as well as college basketball and baseball coach. He played for the Cleveland Allmen Transfers and Youngstown Bears in the National Basketball League and averaged 1.4 points per game.
Warnke played basketball, but not baseball, at Valparaiso University. He later became the head coach for both programs. He guided the baseball team from 1946 through 1953, while he led the basketball team during the 1948–49 season. His overall baseball record was 71–54, while his overall basketball record was 8–17.