Leo Roman Kubiak (born December 25, 1926) is an American former professional basketball player. Kubiak was selected in the

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by the

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. He played for the

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of the National Basketball League in 1948–49, then when the team moved to the

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in 1949–50, he played with them for one more season. Kubiak then ended his career playing for the

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of the National Professional Basketball League in 1950–51. Kubiak was also a minor league baseball player. He suited up for the Green Bay Bluejays of the

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in 1948.Leo Kubiak
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved on January 24, 2013. In 58 games he batted .264 while hitting five home runs. As of December 2006, Kubiak resided in

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. In 2018, he was interviewed about his time playing with the Waterloo Hawks.The Courier, WATERLOO, IOWA, December 28, 2018, pg. B3
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Career statistics

NBA

Source

Regular season

References

External links

Kubiak's Bowling Green Hall of Fame profile
1926 births Living people American men's basketball players Bowling Green Falcons baseball players Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball players Green Bay Bluejays players Guards (basketball) Rochester Royals draft picks Basketball players from Toledo, Ohio Waterloo Hawks players 20th-century American sportsmen {{1920s-US-basketball-bio-stub