Jack Phelan

Who is Jack Phelan?

John Edward "Jack" Phelan is a retired American forward in the National Basketball Association. He played with the Waterloo Hawks and Sheboygan Red Skins during the 1949-50 NBA season.

Jack played for the DePaul University Blue Demons from 1943-45, playing on the 1945 NIT Championship team before enlisting in the Navy. He returned to the team from 1947-49, playing forward and back-up Center to the man voted the best basketball player of 1900-1950, George Mikan. Mikan had a scar on his elbow made by teeth he knocked out of Jack's mouth in a practice the day they left for the NIT Tournament. Jack played part time from 1951-1955 as a fill-in player against the Harlem Globetrotters.

Jack went on to a successful career as a salesman and manager with the Nalco Chemical Company. He now resides in Bradenton, FL.