Cy Strulovitch

{{Short description|Canadian basketball player (1925–2020)}}

Sidney "Cy" Strulovitch (20 June 1925 – 11 June 2020) was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/7181 |title=Cy Strulovitch |work=Olympedia |accessdate=14 June 2020}} He was born in Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/cy-strulovitch-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115505/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/cy-strulovitch-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=1 July 2016}}[https://www.paperman.com/en/funerals/2020-6-14-sidney-strulovitch Sidney Strulovitch Obituary]

Career

Initially he pursued a career in baseball and was drafted as a pitcher by the minor league Montreal Royals, but would later switch to play basketball from 1948, continuing on to the 1950s.{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Cy Strulovitch |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/7181 |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=www.olympedia.org}}

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