Andy Kostecka
Basketball Player
1921 –
Who is Andy Kostecka?
Andrew "Andy" Kostecka was an American professional basketball player. Kostecka was selected in the 1948 BAA Draft by the Indianapolis Jets after a collegiate career at Georgetown. He played for the Jets for one season before retiring from basketball.
In his post-basketball career, Kostecka worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Commerce. Kostecka was also in the United States Army, and during World War II he "served as General Douglas MacArthur's Russian interpreter and was among the first group of Americans to enter Nagasaki after the explosion of the atomic bomb over the city."
He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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- Born
- Feb 10, 1921
Newark - Education
- Georgetown University
- Lived in
- Newark
- Died
- May 9, 2024
Bethesda
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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