STATISTICS & HISTORY
Dick Holub played basketball for Long Island University. In his sophomore year, he was the Blackbirds’ leading scorer and helped led the team to a 25-2 record and to the 1941 National Invitation Tournament title. He was honored as a member of the 1942 Pic Magazine All-American Basketball Team. Holub served in the Army Air Corps in the South Pacific in World War II. He returned to LIU in 1946-47 and led the team in scoring with a then-record 397 points. Holub played one season with the New York Knicks (1947-48) in the Basketball Association of America, the precursor to the NBA. He continued playing professional basketball for three more seasons in the American basketball League, a top minor league with a limited geographical scope that allowed him also to teach and coach. Holub was the first men’s basketball coach at Fairleigh Dickinson,and had a 233-167 record there from 1949-66. Holub, who held a Doctorate of Education from Columbia University , was a longtime professor of English at Fairleigh Dickinson. In 1981, he accepted a position at the University of Connecticut as academic adviser to the athletics department.
| DICK HOLUB | Height: | 6:06 | Weight: | 205 | College: | Long Island’47 | |||||
| Richard W. Holub | Born: Oct 29, 1921 | Died: Jul 27, 2000 | Hometown: | New York, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1939-40 | Long Island (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Long Island | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Long Island | College | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Army Air Corp. | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Long Island | College | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Midland Dows | Indep | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | New York | BAA | 48 | 195 | 114 | 180 | .633 | 504 | 10.5 | ||
| 1948-49 | Paterson | ABL | 41 | 285 | 265 | 407 | .651 | 835 | 20.4 | ||
| 1949-50 | Paterson | ABL | 34 | 145 | 213 | 316 | .674 | 503 | 14.8 | ||
| 1950-51 | Bridgeport | ABL | 33 | 115 | 115 | 185 | .622 | 345 | 10.5 | ||
| 1951-55 | Middletown | ABL | 2 | 5 | 6 | … | … | 16 | 8.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 48 | 195 | 114 | 180 | .633 | 504 | 10.5 | ||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1946-47 | Midland Dows | WBT | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | New York | BAA | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 0 | 26 | 8.7 | |
| 1948-49 | Paterson | ABL | 2 | 11 | 12 | … | … | 34 | 17.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 5 | 12 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 32 | 6.4 | ||||