Johnny Macknowski

Johnny Macknowski
Personal information
Born (1923-01-07) January 7, 1923 (age 100)
Russia
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolLincoln (Jersey City, New Jersey)
CollegeSeton Hall (1945–1948)
BAA draft1948: – round, –
Selected by the Rochester Royals
Playing career1947–1951
PositionGuard / forward
Number5
Career history
1947–1948Scranton Miners
1948–1951Syracuse Nationals
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

John Andrew Mackin ( Macknowski; January 7, 1923) is a Russian-born American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League (NBL) and National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Syracuse Nationals franchise as the team moved from the NBL into the NBA.

Macknowski played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates where he started as a freshman in the 1941–42 season and then served three years of military service during World War II. He returned to the Pirates and played from 1945 to 1948.

Personal life

After his playing career, Macknowski worked as an English, history and philosophy teacher.

In 1952 he changed his surname from Macknowski to Mackin. He has three daughters with his wife, Olga, who predeceased him in December 2016, aged 90. As of September 2017, Mackinowski, then 94, resided at a retirement village in Morristown, Tennessee. He turned 100 in 2023, becoming only the second NBA player to turn 100, after Whitey Von Nieda.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  FGM  Field-goals made
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  FTM  Free-throws made
 FTA  Free-throws attempted  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  PTS  Points
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBL

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP FGM FTM FTA FT% PTS PPG
1948–49 Syracuse 62 146 128 178 .719 420 6.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP FGM FTM FTA FT% PTS PPG
1949 Syracuse 6 3 7 9 .778 13 2.2

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1949–50 Syracuse 59 .333 .736 1.1 7.4
1950–51 Syracuse 58 .301 .718 1.9 1.2 6.6
Career 117 .317 .727 1.9 1.1 7.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1949–50 Syracuse 11 .390 .765 1.9 10.6
1950–51 Syracuse 2 .462 .333 3.5 2.0 6.5
Career 13 .398 .741 3.5 1.9 10.0

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