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Born & raised in the Portuguese Richmond section of Philadelphia, Hank graduated from Northeast Catholic High School in 1968 and was a big part of the 1967 Philadelphia
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Hank Siemiontkowski
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He played forward for the Villanova Wildcats and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Catholic League and City Championship teams which defeated Monsignor Bonner & Overbrook High School Hank was voted the Catholic League Northern Division Most Valuable Player in both 1967 & 1968. In 1968 he was part of the varsity squad suspended by Coach Jack Friel for not returning to school on time after a breakfast.
This story made national headlines as The North joint venture team then took the court at the Palestra and defeated the Varsity team from Bishop McDevitt in the Quarter finals of the Catholic League playoffs.
The North varsity were reinstated but later lost the semi-final game at the Palestra to Cardinal O"Hara High on a buzzer beater. Hank retired with the Highest single season scoring average in North Catholic school history at 22.6 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (later equaled by Joe Schoen in 1977).
Siemiontkowski scored nineteen points in the Wildcats" loss to the University of California, Los Angeles Bruins in the 1971 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Division I Basketball Championship in Houston, Texas. In the semifinal game the 6"5" junior scored a career-high 31 points in an overtime defeat of Western Kentucky University.
Coached by Jack Kraft, the Wildcats became the first Philadelphia and northeastern United States team to reach the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship game since Louisiana Salle University in 1955.
Siemiontkowski was named to the 1971 National Collegiate Athletic Association East Regional all-tournament team along with his teammate Howard Porter (basketball). Siemiontkowski finished his career at "Nova with a 13.6 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company average and is currently 12th All-time All-time in rebounding with 739 boards. He was selected by the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association in April 1972 and chosen 50th by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1972 National Basketball Association Draft.
Siemiontkowski was placed on waivers by the Cavaliers in October that year.
