Education
University of Minnesota.
University of Minnesota.
He also spent one season in the National Basketball League with the Lakers (1947-1948), winning the NBL title that season. Jaros went to Edison High School in Northeast Minneapolis, and later owned a well-known bar in that neighborhood that bears his name to this day. Tony Jaros" River Garden bar is home of the "Greenie" a very strong lime-flavored drink made with vodka.
The bar has several photos of Jaros, as well as one of his last National Basketball Association Pension checks, framed on the wall.
A 6"3" (190 m) forward/guard from the University of Minnesota, Jaros played four seasons (1946–1947. 1948–1951) in the Basketball Association of America/National Basketball Association as a member of the Chicago Stags and Minneapolis Lakers.