Andy Czuchry, who captained the UConn males’s basketball staff in the course of the Yankee Convention championship season of 1962-63 and within the NCAA Match, has died.
Czuchry was 83.
Czuchry finally earned a PhD in engineering at UConn and went on to make important contributions within the subject of rocket science, serving to develop the Patriot missile for the U.S. navy and the SM missile for the Navy, for the USA.
Initially from Willimantic, Czuchry was basketball captain at Windham Excessive earlier than coming to UConn in 1960 to play for coach Hugh Greer. Breaking into the lineup as a sophomore, Czuchry, 6 toes, performed in 49 video games at guard throughout three seasons, averaging 7.7 factors and three.1 rebounds. He averaged 11.4 factors per recreation in 1961-62, and performed in each recreation as a senior, after being named a captain.
Greer died in the course of the season, and George Wigton took over in January 1963.The Huskies completed 18-7, profitable the Yankee Convention championship, defeating Rhode Island on March 2 to clinch the title with a 9-1 file. Amongst Czuchry’s teammates have been future NBA standout Toby Kimball and future UConn coach Dom Perno. UConn was eradicated within the first spherical of the NCAA Match by West Virginia on the Palestra in Philadelphia.
“Over three decades later, a long-time reporter of the Huskies would remark that Andy Czuchry was the best basketball player he had ever seen in his life, and, after a serious injury and when graduating, his coach said that Andy Czuchry was a better player with one leg than most players with two,” Czuchry’s obituary notes.
Czuchry drew some skilled curiosity, however selected to pursue his aspirations within the electronics trade, and in teachers and analysis aspirations, later educating at East Tennessee State. He died Nov. 5 in Bluff Metropolis, Tenn.
Czuchry, who labored at Raytheon, was one of many lead scientists within the growth of the Patriot missile, his obituary notes.
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