Thomas Francis Callahan (June 2, 1921 – October 3, 1996) was an American professional

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. Callahan played for the

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in the BAA for 13 games during the 1946–47 season. Callahan also played

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, and was selected to the

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that participated in the

1939 Amateur World Series The 1939 Amateur World Series was the second Amateur World Series (AWS), an international men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (which titled it the Baseball World Cup as of the 19 ...

in Havana, Cuba.

BAA career statistics

Regular season

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* 1921 births 1996 deaths American men's basketball players Guards (basketball) Providence Steamrollers players Rockhurst Hawks men's basketball players Sportspeople from Stamford, Connecticut Basketball players from Fairfield County, Connecticut 20th-century American sportsmen {{1920s-US-basketball-bio-stub