Vince Boryla

Vincent Joseph Boryla (Vince, Moose)

Born: March 11, 1927 in East Chicago, Indiana
High School: Washington in East Chicago, Indiana
College: University of Denver
As Player: 285 G, 11.2 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.1 APG (Full Record)
As Coach: 3 Yrs, 80-85, .485 W-L% (Full Record)

Franchises

• New York Knicks: January 4, 1960 to May 8, 1961
• Denver Nuggets: 1967 to June 2, 1967
• Utah Stars: 1970 to 1972
• Denver Nuggets: May 7, 1984 to October 27, 1987

Awards

• 1984-85 NBA Executive of the Year

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

New York Knicks Franchise

• January 11, 1960: Signed Whitey Bell as a free agent.
• January 24, 1960: Traded Ray Felix and a 1960 4th round draft pick (Ben Warley) to the Minneapolis Lakers for Dick Garmaker and a 1960 2nd round draft pick (Dave Budd).
• April 11, 1960: Selected Darrall Imhoff (1st round, 3rd pick), Dave Budd (2nd round, 10th pick), Kelly Coleman (2nd round, 11th pick), Bob McNeill (3rd round, 19th pick), Charley McNeil (5th round, 35th pick), David Denton (6th round, 43rd pick), Dick Doughty (7th round, 51st pick), George Price (8th round, 58th pick), Tony Davis (9th round, 65th pick), Walter Mangham (10th round, 71st pick), Howard Willis (11th round, 76th pick), Henry Hart (12th round, 81st pick), Dick Furry (13th round, 85th pick), Jim Hanna (14th round, 88th pick), Jerry Bechtal (15th round, 90th pick), Jerry Schofield (16th round, 92nd pick), Tandy Gillis (17th round, 94th pick) and George Krajick (18th round, 96th pick) in the 1960 NBA Draft.
• September 21, 1960: Sold Cal Ramsey to the Syracuse Nationals.
• November 14, 1960: Sold Mike Farmer to the Cincinnati Royals.
• December 17, 1960: Purchased Phil Rollins from the St. Louis Hawks.
• January 18, 1961: Purchased Phil Jordon from the Cincinnati Royals.

• June 7, 1984: Traded Kiki Vandeweghe to the Portland Trail Blazers for Wayne Cooper, Fat Lever, Calvin Natt, a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Willie White) and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Blair Rasmussen).
• June 19, 1984: Selected Willie White (2nd round, 42nd pick), Karl Tilleman (4th round, 79th pick), Prince Bridges (5th round, 103rd pick), Willie Burton (6th round, 125th pick), Mark Simpson (7th round, 149th pick), Bill Wendlandt (8th round, 171st pick), Cecil Exum (9th round, 194th pick) and Dexter Bailey (10th round, 215th pick) in the 1984 NBA Draft.
• August 3, 1984: Signed Elston Turner as a veteran free agent and sent Howard Carter to the Dallas Mavericks as compensation.
• October 31, 1984: Signed Joe Kopicki as a free agent.
• June 18, 1985: Selected Blair Rasmussen (1st round, 15th pick), Barry Stevens (2nd round, 43rd pick), Pete Williams (4th round, 89th pick), Kenny Brown (5th round, 112th pick), Joe Carrabino (6th round, 135th pick) and Eddie Smith (7th round, 158th pick) in the 1985 NBA Draft.
• August 1, 1985: Signed Eddie Hughes as a free agent.
• June 17, 1986: Selected Maurice Martin (1st round, 16th pick), Mark Alarie (1st round, 18th pick), Otis Smith (2nd round, 41st pick), Don Redden (3rd round, 64th pick), Anthony Watson (4th round, 87th pick), Jon Collins (5th round, 110th pick), Anthony Frederick (6th round, 133rd pick) and Mike Marshall (7th round, 156th pick) in the 1986 NBA Draft.
• October 2, 1986: Traded a 1987 1st round draft pick (Olden Polynice) to the New York Knicks for Darrell Walker.
• October 4, 1986: Elston Turner signed as a veteran free agent with the Chicago Bulls; received a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Todd Mitchell) as compensation.
• October 11, 1986: Richard Anderson signed as a veteran free agent with the Houston Rockets; received a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Dwight Boyd) as compensation.
• October 24, 1986: Traded Pete Williams to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1987 7th round draft pick (Curtis Hunter).