{{Short description|American basketball and baseball player (1919–1998)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Joe Patanelli | image = | image_size = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 205 | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|9|18}} | birth_place = Elkhart, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1998|8|18|1919|9|18}} | death_place = Elkhart, Indiana, U.S. | high_school = Elkhart (Elkhart, Indiana) | college = | career_start = | career_end = | career_position = Forward | career_number = | years1 = 1946–1947 | team1 = Toledo Jeeps | years2 = 1947 | team2 = Minneapolis Lakers | years3 = 1947–1948 | team3 = Kansas City Blues | highlights = }} '''Joseph Mathew Patanelli''' (September 18, 1919 – August 18, 1998) was an American professional basketball and minor league baseball player.<ref name=bbr>{{cite web| title = Joe Patanelli NBL stats| work =basketball-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| date = | url =https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/p/patanjo01n.html | accessdate = May 17, 2019}}</ref><ref name=peach>{{cite web| title = Joe Patanelli | work =Peach Basket Society| publisher =| date = April 6, 2016 | url =https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2016/04/joe-patanelli.html| accessdate = May 17, 2019}}</ref> He played for the Toledo Jeeps and Minneapolis Lakers in the National Basketball League and averaged 3.6 points per game.<ref name=bbr/><ref>{{cite web| title = Joe Patanelli Statistics| work =Stats Crew| publisher =| date = | url =https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=patanjo01 | accessdate = May 17, 2019}}</ref> He also played for the Kansas City Blues in the Professional Basketball League of America during the 1947–48 season.<ref name=peach/>
Patanelli was offered an athletic scholarship to play football for Indiana University but did not finish his education, having to return home following the death of his father.<ref name=peach/> He never played for the school's basketball team.<ref name=peach/>
In addition to basketball, Patanelli played minor league baseball for four years – three for Chicago White Sox-affiliated teams, and one affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds.<ref name=baseball>{{cite web| title = Joe Patanelli minor league stats| work =baseball-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| date = | url =https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=patane001jos | accessdate = May 17, 2019}}</ref> He competed for the Wisconsin Rapids White Sox (1946), Fall River Indians (1947), Superior Blues (1948), and Rockford Rox (1948).<ref name=baseball/> In 368 career games, Patanelli batted .258 and hit 16 home runs.<ref name=baseball/>
His older brother was Matt Patanelli, a standout football player for the University of Michigan.<ref name=peach/>
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==External links== * [http://www.elkhartcountyhof.com/n-MNOPQR-Folder-Joe-Patanelli.html Elkhart County Hall of Fame profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610231237/http://www.elkhartcountyhof.com/n-MNOPQR-Folder-Joe-Patanelli.html |date=June 10, 2018 }}
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