Tony Jaros Biography
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- Born Feb. 22, 1920
A 6\'3" (1.90 m) forward/guard from the University of Minnesota, Jaros played four seasons (1946โ1947; 1948โ1951) in the Basketball Association of America/National Basketball Association as a member of the Chicago Stags and Minneapolis Lakers. He averaged 5.4 points per game in his BAA/NBA career and won two league championships with the Lakers. He also spent one season in the National Basketball League with the Lakers (1947โ1948), winning the NBL title that season.\n', '
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 NBA Pension checks, framed on the wall.\n', '
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