Robert Thomas Synnott (September 27, 1912 – November 19, 1985) was an American professional

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and

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player. He played for dozens of independent and professional basketball teams in the 1930s and 1940s, including stops in the Metropolitan Basketball League, American Basketball League,

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, and National Basketball League (NBL). In the NBL, Synnott averaged 2.4 points per game for his career and also won a league championship in 1944–45 with the

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. Synnott played two seasons of minor league baseball for the Cumberland Colts in the

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(1931, 1932). A

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, he recorded 11 wins and 14 losses with a 4.20

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