Ed Warner (basketball)

Ed Warner
Personal information
Born	July 5, 1929
Died	September 7, 2002 (aged 73); Forward
Number	8
Career highlights and awards
	1950); NIT champion (1950); NIT MVP (1950);

Edward L. Warner (July 5, 1929 – September 7, 2002) was an American college

point shaving scandal

that came to light in the aftermath of that season.

College career

Warner came from

1950 NCAA tournament, to become the only team to win both tournaments in the same year.^[1]

Point shaving scandal

The next season, Warner and teammate

District Attorney Frank Hogan arrested seven men for point shaving

, including Warner. While most convicted players received suspended sentences, he was sent to prison for six months. A lawyer in the case remarked:

"(Judge Saul) Streit considered Warner to be incorrigible and uncontrollable. Warner was too flamboyant and he also had a record as a juvenile delinquent. Streit believed in rehabilitation by deprivation"[2]

For his involvement in fixing games, Warner was permanently banned from playing in the National Basketball Association.

EBA, prison, high school, paralysis and death

After serving his sentence at Rikers Island prison, Warner played several years in the Eastern Basketball Association. In the 1960s, he was again imprisoned, for attempting to sell heroin. He then officiated high school basketball games until he was partly paralyzed in a 1984 car accident. He died on September 7, 2002.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Richard Goldstein (September 11, 2002). "Ed Warner, 73, College Star Convicted of Shaving Points". New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
^ Rosen, Charley (1999). Scandals of '51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball. New York, NY: Seven Stories Press.

[OBIT-1] Richard Goldstein (September 11, 2002). "Ed Warner, 73, College Star Convicted of Shaving Points". New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2011.

[ROSEN-2] Rosen, Charley (1999). Scandals of '51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball. New York, NY: Seven Stories Press.

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