Gino Sovran

Gino Sovran (December 17, 1924 – June 26, 2016) was a Canadian professional basketball player.

[1] Born in Windsor, Ontario, Sovran attended Kennedy Collegiate Institute and was a top basketball player at Assumption College, scoring more than 1,000 points over three seasons, and playing as team captain in the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons.

Sovran then returned to the Assumption team to help it win the Ontario and Eastern Canada senior basketball championships in 1946 before losing to the Victoria Dominoes for the national title.

Sovran was signed by the Huskies about two weeks into the season, making his professional debut on November 22, 1946, against the Boston Celtics.

Away from sports, Sovran earned a doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota and worked as a research engineer for General Motors.