# Tubby Raskin

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{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (1902–1981)}}
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'''Morris "Tubby" Raskin''' ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): מוריס "טאבי" רסקין; January 8, 1902 &ndash; September 9, 1981) was an American [basketball](/source/basketball) player and coach.<ref name="auto">{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/tubby-raskin/|title=TUBBY RASKIN|encyclopedia=Pro Basketball Encyclopedia}}</ref> He played for the [Brooklyn Arcadians](/source/Brooklyn_Arcadians) in the [American Basketball League](/source/American_Basketball_League_(1925%E2%80%931955)) (ABL). He later coached the men's basketball team at [Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College), the [Hartford Hurricanes](/source/Hartford_Hurricanes) in the ABL, the [Israel men's national basketball team](/source/Israel_men's_national_basketball_team) for [Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics](/source/Israel_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics), and the U.S. basketball team to a [gold medal](/source/gold_medal) in the [1953 Maccabiah Games](/source/1953_Maccabiah_Games).

==Early years==
Raskin was born and grew up in [the Bronx](/source/the_Bronx) in New York City, and was Jewish.<ref name="auto"/> He was {{convert|5|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}, and weighed {{convert|165|lb|kg}}.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/mcc-cjr-27591/page-20|title=The Jewish Athlete|work=Canadian Jewish Review|date= September 24, 1926| page= 20 }}</ref> He starred in baseball and basketball at [DeWitt Clinton High School](/source/DeWitt_Clinton_High_School), in the Bronx.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/03/17/103561562.html?pageNumber=21|title=C.C.N.Y. ELECTS CAPTAIN.; Tubby Raskin to Lead Lavender Basketball Team Next Season.|website=The New York Times|date=March 17, 1921}}</ref>

At [City College of New York](/source/City_College_of_New_York), Raskin was a member of the varsity basketball team in 1919–22, played on the varsity football team as its quarterback and kicker, and was the regular first baseman and a pitcher on the baseball team.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXJgqTXTelsC&q=%22tubby+raskin%22&pg=PA283|title=This Day in New York Sports|first1=Jordan|last1=Sprechman|first2=Bill|last2=Shannon|date= 1998|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=9781571672544}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/> Raskin became a member of the basketball team in 1919–20, when [Nat Holman](/source/Nat_Holman) became CCNY's head basketball coach.<ref name="auto"/> That season, the [CCNY Beavers](/source/City_College_of_New_York) had a record of 13–3.<ref name="auto"/> The next year, he was elected captain of the basketball team as a junior, and City College had a record of 11–4.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/> As a senior in the 1921–22 season, he was captain of the team, led them to a 10–2 record, and was also captain of the baseball team.<ref name="auto"/><ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/06/09/86441391.html?pageNumber=32 "Raskin to Coach Kingsmen"], ''The New York Times'', June 9, 1950.</ref> He was elected to the CCNY Hall of Fame.<ref>Murray M. Horowitz (1981). [https://books.google.com/books?id=GumeAAAAMAAJ&q=%22tubby+raskin%22 ''Brooklyn College, the First Half-century'']</ref>

==Career==
===As a player, and soldier===
After he graduated from CCNY in 1922, Raskin played independent basketball in New York City. In 1925–26, he played for the [Brooklyn Arcadians](/source/Brooklyn_Arcadians) in the [American Basketball League](/source/American_Basketball_League_(1925%E2%80%931955)) (ABL).<ref name="auto"/> During World War II, he took a leave of absence and served as a [lieutenant](/source/lieutenant) in the [US Army Air Force](/source/US_Army_Air_Force) from 1942 to 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/09/16/85160907.html?pageNumber=19|title=RASKIN TO COACH QUINTET; Brooklyn College to Open Drills Soon Under New Mentor|website=The New York Times|date=September 16, 1944}}</ref>

===As a coach===
====In the United States====
Raskin coached the [Brooklyn Bulldogs](/source/Brooklyn_Bulldogs) basketball team at [Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College) in 1944–45, 1950-53 (replacing [Al Baggett](/source/Al_Baggett)), and 1960–62.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/06/09/86441391.html|title=Raskin to Coach Kingsmen|date=June 9, 1950|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/12/06/89477279.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|title=NEW TALENT AIDS BROOKLYN COLLEGE; DISCUSSING STRATEGY FOR KINGSMEN'S CONTEST TONIGHT|date=December 6, 1941|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/tubby-raskin-1.html|title=Tubby Raskin Coaching Record|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2017/10/tubby-raskin.html|title=Tubby Raskin|work=Peach Basket Society|date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> In 1950-51 he also coached the Brooklyn College tennis team.<ref>[http://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=721622 "Sports"], ''American Jewish Outlook'', March 17, 1950.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/26/84842946.html?pageNumber=29|title=Brooklyn Netmen Drill Today|date=March 26, 1951|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/12/10/96487036.html?pageNumber=13|title=Raskin Kingsmen's Net Coach|website=The New York Times|date=December 10, 1949}}</ref>

He also coached the [Cohoes](/source/Cohoes%2C_New_York) Mastadons in the [New York State Professional Basketball League](/source/New_York_State_Professional_Basketball_League) in 1946–47.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/> He coached the [Hartford Hurricanes](/source/Hartford_Hurricanes) in the ABL in 1948–50.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19491102&id=uU81AAAAIBAJ&sjid=oIEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=603,301613&hl=en|title=New England Expects 2 Fine ABL Teams|work=Schenectady Gazette |date=November 2, 1949}}</ref>

====Internationally====
Raskin was the coach of the [Israel men's national basketball team](/source/Israel_men's_national_basketball_team) that played for [Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics](/source/Israel_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics) in [Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics](/source/Basketball_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics) in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/04/11/84309689.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|title=Raskin to Coach Israeli Five|website=The New York Times|date=April 11, 1952}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2400399|title= Tubby Raskin|website=Olympedia}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=irgnN6jsu84C&dq=מוריס+רסקין&pg=PA452 ''במגרש המשחקים: ספורט וחברה'' ''בתחילת האלף השלישי''], 2009.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/dav/1952/06/06/01/article/149|title=⁨‭07090_^‬ אנו הולכים לאולימפיאדה ⁩ &#124; ⁨דבר⁩ &#124; 6 יוני 1952 &#124; אוסף העיתונות &#124; הספרייה הלאומית|website=www.nli.org.il}}</ref>

The following year he coached the U.S. basketball team to a [gold medal](/source/gold_medal) in the [1953 Maccabiah Games](/source/1953_Maccabiah_Games).<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/05/08/84400551.html?pageNumber=35|title=Raskin to Coach U. S. Quintet|date=May 8, 1953|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/09/29/issue.html|title=Late U.S. Basket Tops Israel, 25-23|date=September 29, 1953|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/?a=p&d=hbkr19530802-01.1.3&l=he&p=recaptcha|title=הורד PDF &mdash; הספרייה הלאומית של ישראל │ עיתונים|website=www.nli.org.il}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/?a=p&d=hbkr19520427-01&l=he&p=recaptcha|title=הורד PDF &mdash; הספרייה הלאומית של ישראל │ עיתונים|website=www.nli.org.il}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irgnN6jsu84C&q=%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1+%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9F&pg=PA452|title=במגרש המשחקים: ספורט וחברה בתחילת האלף השלישי|first=יאיר|last=גלילי|date=June 1, 2009|publisher=Open University of Israel|isbn=9789650610265|via=Google Books}}</ref>

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