Chelso Tamagno

Background

Tamagno was born in 1912 in Illinois. His father, Ferdiand Tamagno, immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1900. His mother, Eda, immigrated to the United States from France in 1889.

Career

He played college basketball for the and in the National Basketball League for the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots. At the time of the 1920 and 1930 United States Censuses, the family was living in Chicago, and Tamagno"s father was employed as an electrician at a utility company"s power house. Tamagno also had two older sisters, Elthea and Julia.

Tamagno enrolled at the As a sophomore, appeared in 19 of 20 games and scored 35 points for the 1933-1934 team

In March 1935, Tamagno was voted by his teammates as the captain of the 1935-1936 team As the senior captain of the 1935-1936 team, Tamagno led the team dramatically improved 15–5 record (7–5 in conference) and a third-place finish in the Big Ten.

Tamagno appeared in 18 of 20 games and scored 87 points for an average of 4.8 points per game. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1936.

After graduating from Michigan, Tamagno played professional basketball for the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots of the National Basketball League (NBL) from 1937 to 1939.

The following year he appeared in 11 games and scored 15 points. Tamagno was married in 1939 to Madelyn Kirby at Hancock, West Virginia. Tamagno remained in Akron for some time after retiring as a basketball player.

After World World War II, Tamagno moved to Arizona.

He was employed as a salesman for Arizona Distributing. In 1957, he was still living in Phoenix with wife Madelyn.

He was employed at the time by Creighton Liquors. Tamagno died in April 1986.

He was a resident of Payson, Arizona.

Achievements

• As a rookie, he appeared in 17 games and scored 38 points for the 1937-1938 Wingfoots, a team that defeated the Oshkosh All-Stars to win the first NBL championship.

Membership

While attending Michigan, he was a member of the Michigan Wolverines men"s basketball team, playing principally at the guard position. Tamagno was also a member of the Michigamua honor society while attending the.

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