Jack "Dutch" Garfinkel is a retired American

United States

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player.

Garfinkel attended Thomas Jefferson High School

Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn, New York)

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 in Brooklyn and then nearby St. John's University to play for future Hall of Fame coach Joe Lapchick

Joe Lapchick

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. In 1941, he won the Haggerty Award

Haggerty Award

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, given to the top player in the New York City metropolitan area.

After his college career was over, Garfinkel served in the United States Army

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 during World War II

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. He then played for the Philadelphia Sphas

Philadelphia Sphas

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 of the American Basketball League, the Rochester Royals

Sacramento Kings

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 of the National Basketball League

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 (NBL), and finally settled in with the Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics

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 of the Basketball Association of America

Basketball Association of America

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 (BAA), where he was a member of the franchise's first team in 1946–47

1946–47 Boston Celtics season

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. Garfinkel lasted three seasons with the Celtics, but his career ended prior to the NBL/BAA merger that formed the National Basketball Association

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in 1949.

After his playing days were over, Garfinkel became a basketball coach and official.