Carl Lawrence Husta (April 8, 1902 – November 6, 1951) was an American baseball and basketball player. He was one of the top basketball players of the 1920s and 30s, playing for the Cleveland Rosenblums, Fort Wayne Hoosiers, Camden Brewers, Boston Trojans, Kingston Colonials, and Troy Celtics of the American Basketball League and the independent Toledo Red Man Tobaccos and Original Celtics. Nicknamed "Sox", he was also an

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for

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during the season. He died in

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, in 1951.

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* 1902 births 1951 deaths American men's basketball players Baseball players from Atlantic County, New Jersey Basketball players from Atlantic County, New Jersey Cleveland Rosenblums players Fort Wayne Hoosiers (basketball) players Guards (basketball) Henderson Gamecocks players Kingston Colonials players Major League Baseball infielders Original Celtics players Philadelphia Athletics players 20th-century American sportsmen Toledo Red Man Tobaccos players People from Egg Harbor City, New Jersey {{US-baseball-infielder-stub