Theodore Manakas (born February 22, 1951), is an American former professional basketball player for the
Kansas City-Omaha Kings
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. He played in five
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) games.
[Caldera, Pete]
"Where are they now? Former Fort Lee/Princeton basketball star Ted Manakas"
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'', January 21, 2014, backed up by the Internet Archive
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as of November 9, 2014. Accessed June 16, 2020. "There's a 45-year-old photo Ted Manakas keeps from his final high school basketball game – Jersey City's Lincoln High against his Fort Lee team in the state tournament — at a Hackensack gym jammed with 1,500 fans."
Raised in
Fort Lee, New Jersey
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As of the 2020 Uni ...
, Manakas played prep basketball at
Fort Lee High School
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.
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Career statistics
NBA
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Regular season
References
1951 births
Living people
20th-century American sportsmen
American men's basketball players
Atlanta Hawks draft picks
Basketball players from Bergen County, New Jersey
Fort Lee High School alumni
Kansas City Kings players
Princeton Tigers men's basketball players
Shooting guards
Sportspeople from Fort Lee, New Jersey
Utah Stars draft picks
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