1933 Gangster & Beer Baron Waxey Gordon Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison Original TYPE I Photo Baseball Game Worn Collins had originally hoped to

Collins had originally hoped to establish a team in New York's Yankee Stadium

He played professional basketball from 1940-53 for the New York Rens

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He is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s

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1933 Gangster & Beer Baron Waxey Gordon Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison Original TYPE I Photo Baseball Game Worn Collins had originally hoped toWaxey Gordon, born Irving Wexler in 1888 on New York's Lower East Side, rose from pickpocket to major Prohibition bootlegger under Arnold Rothstein. He controlled bootlegging across New York and New Jersey, earning millions before rivals Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky helped convict him of tax evasion in 1933. He later shifted to narcotics trafficking and died in Alcatraz in 1952. He was portrayed by Nick Sandow in seasons two and three of Boardwalk