Irv Kosloff
American basketball executive
Irving S. Kosloff (May 10, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – February 19, 1995, Merion, Pennsylvania) was an American businessman and sportsman.
Early life and education
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 10, 1912, Irv Kosloff was a son of Russian Jewish immigrants Lillian and Louis Kosloff. He had two brothers, Carl and Charles Kosloff.
Irv Kosloff graduated from South Philadelphia High School in 1930, where he played football and basketball as an offensive center and middle linebacker. Initially, he set out to be a dentist; however, he sustained a knee injury, and lost his athletic scholarship to Temple University, which he had attended for approximately two years. Forced to drop out and search for a job due to financial problems, he found work in the traffic department of the Container Corporation of America in Manayunk, Philadelphia.
In 1932, he founded the Roosevelt Paper Company, which was located on State Road near Cottman Avenue in Philadelphia. Over the years, the company grew into one of the nation's leading merchant/converters of printing and packaging paper.
Career
In May 1963, Kosloff, with the inspiration and aid of high-school classmate attorney Ike Richman, purchased the Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from Danny Biasone, brought them to Philadelphia, and changed the team's name to the Philadelphia 76ers. Richman ran the day-to-day operations of the team, with Kosloff, busy with his growing paper business, remaining the silent partner.
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