# Joe Patanelli

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{{Short description|American basketball and baseball player (1919–1998)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name               = Joe Patanelli
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| height_ft          = 6
| height_in          = 3
| weight_lb          = 205
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1919|9|18}}
| birth_place        = [Elkhart, Indiana](/source/Elkhart%2C_Indiana), U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1998|8|18|1919|9|18}}
| death_place        = Elkhart, Indiana, U.S.
| high_school        = [Elkhart](/source/Elkhart_Central_High_School) (Elkhart, Indiana)
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| career_position    = [Forward](/source/Forward_(basketball))
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| years1             = 1946–1947
| team1              = [Toledo Jeeps](/source/Toledo_Jeeps)
| years2             = 1947
| team2              = [Minneapolis Lakers](/source/Minneapolis_Lakers)
| years3             = 1947–1948
| team3              = Kansas City Blues
| highlights         = 
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'''Joseph Mathew Patanelli''' (September 18, 1919 – August 18, 1998) was an American professional [basketball](/source/basketball) and minor league [baseball](/source/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](/source/Toledo_Jeeps) and [Minneapolis Lakers](/source/Minneapolis_Lakers) in the [National Basketball League](/source/National_Basketball_League_(United_States)) 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](/source/Professional_Basketball_League_of_America) during the 1947–48 season.<ref name=peach/>

Patanelli was offered an athletic scholarship to play [football](/source/American_football) for [Indiana University](/source/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](/source/Chicago_White_Sox)-affiliated teams, and one affiliated with the [Cincinnati Reds](/source/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](/source/Wisconsin_Rapids_White_Sox) (1946), Fall River Indians (1947), [Superior Blues](/source/Superior_Blues) (1948), and [Rockford Rox](/source/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](/source/Matt_Patanelli), a standout football player for the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan).<ref name=peach/>

==References==
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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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Category:1919 births
Category:1998 deaths
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Baseball players from Indiana
Category:Basketball players from Indiana
Category:Fall River Indians players
Category:Forwards (basketball)
Category:Indiana Hoosiers football players
Category:Minneapolis Lakers players
Category:Players of American football from Indiana
Category:Professional Basketball League of America players
Category:Rockford Rox players
Category:Sportspeople from Elkhart, Indiana
Category:Superior Blues players
Category:Toledo Jeeps players
Category:United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
Category:Wisconsin Rapids White Sox players

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