Maurice Podoloff
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican sports executive and lawyer (1890-1985)
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Maurice Podoloff was an American lawyer and a basketball and ice hockey administrator. He served as the president of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) from 1946 to 1949, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1949 to 1963, making Podoloff the de facto first commissioner in NBA history.
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United StatesCategory
Lawyers
Type
Lawyer
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1985 · aged 95
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