Fred Schaus Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?

Fred Schaus was a professional basketball player who played Small forward as number 8, 17. Schaus died on February 10, 2010, in Morgantown, West Virginia. Schaus was born on June 30, 1925, in Newark, Ohio. Schaus’s weight was 205 pounds. Schaus’s height was 6 ft 5 in. This article takes a deep dive into Fred Schaus’s net worth.

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Fred Schaus Career and Earnings/Salary

In high school, Fred Schaus played basketball for Newark High School (Ohio) (Newark, Ohio). Schaus played basketball in college with West Virginia Mountaineers men’s basketball (1946-1949) and started playing professionally in 1949. In the 1949 draft, Schaus was chosen in round 3 by the Fort Wayne Pistons. Schaus left the game of basketball in 1954.

Schaus played for the Fort Wayne Pistons during 1949-1952 as well as the New York Knicks in 1953. Some of the highlights of Fred Schaus’s career included: NBA All-Star, All-NBA Second Team, 5× List of NBA All-Star Game head coaches, National Invitation Tournament championship, 4× Southern Conference Coach of the Year, and List of NBA champions.

Schaus set a career record of 4,070 (12.2 ppg) points, 1,609 (6.0 rpg) rebounds, and 961 (2.9 apg) assists. Schaus won a gold medal in the 1959 Pan American Games in the Basketball at the 1959 Pan American Games event.

Fred Schaus Net Worth 2018

Basketball salaries vary between a few thousand dollars and tens of millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of factors. Although on average, NBA players earn a salary of around $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover agreements receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is around $100 million, although as of today nobody earns anywhere near that amount. The top players earn around $35 million. Outside of the NBA, yearly earnings can dip below $20,000 per year for minor league teams.