Milo Komenich was an American collegiate

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 and professional basketball

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Collegiate career

Komenich, a 6'7 center, played collegiately at the University of Wyoming

Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball

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 after a standout high school career at Lew Wallace High School

Lew Wallace High School

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 in Gary, Indiana

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. He played for the Cowboys from 1941-1943 and for the 1945-46 season. Alongside guard Ken Sailors

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, Komenich led the Cowboys to the 1943 National Championship

1943 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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Komenich was named an All-American in 1943 and 1946. He was elected to the University of Wyoming

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 athletics Hall of Fame in 2006 and is also a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame

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Professional career

During the 1949-50 season, Milo Komenich played in 64 games for the Anderson Packers

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, averaging 9.9 points per game. Komenich also played for the Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball League

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 and the Dow Chemical

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 and 20th Century Fox

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 teams of the AAU

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