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Ike Borsavage

American basketball player (1924-2014)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ2586316 ↗
Source-derived summary

Costic Frank "Ike" Borsavage (July 25, 1924 – January 10, 2014) was an American basketball player.

He played collegiately for the Temple University.

He was selected by the Philadelphia Warriors in the 5th round of the 1950 NBA draft.

He played for the Warriors (1950–51) in the NBA for 24 games.

In 2007, he was a member of the Wrightstown borough council from the Republican Party.

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The public source identifies “Ike Borsavage” as american basketball player (1924-2014). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Borsavage, American and basketball.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1924, 2014, 1950, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1924-07-25. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Borsavage, American and basketball providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2586316. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1924, 2014, 1950 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ike Borsavage” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.