Ed Gottlieb
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Edward Gottlieb (The Mogul)
- Height 5' 8", Weight 175 lb.
- Born September 15, 1898 in Kiev, Ukraine
- Died December 7, 1979 in Philadelphia, PA USA
Eddie Gottlieb was much more famous as a basketball promoter than a baseball figure. He was involved in basketball from the Philadelphia SPHAs some 25 years before the formation of the NBA into the 1970s. He also was the coach, owner, and chief promoter of the Philadelphia Warriors. His Warriors won the first NBA title in 1947. For twenty-five years Gottlieb served as chair of the NBA Rules Committee.
In baseball, Gottlieb was the booking agent for the Philadelphia Stars. He brought in Negro League teams and barnstormers to face the Stars in the 1930s and 1940s. In the 1970s, Gottlieb served on the first Special Committee on the Negro Leagues.
He was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1972.
