Nicolaas (Nick) Vanos was an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. The San Mateo, California native was selected 32nd by the Suns in the 1985 NBA Draft, after playing for Hillsdale High School and collegiately at Santa Clara University. He played for the Suns as a center on the team. His career with the Suns lasted only two years before coming to a tragic end.

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  • Nicolaas (Nick) Vanos was an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. The San Mateo, California native was selected 32nd by the Suns in the 1985 NBA Draft, after playing for Hillsdale High School and collegiately at Santa Clara University. He played for the Suns as a center on the team. His career with the Suns lasted only two years before coming to a tragic end. On August 16, 1987, Vanos and his fiancee boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 255 for a trip to Phoenix, Arizona. The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashed on takeoff from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan, killing 154 passengers and crew, as well as two motorists.
  • Nick Vanos nació en San Mateo, California el 13 de abril de 1963, y falleció en Romulus, Míchigan, el 16 de agosto de 1987. Medía 2,15 m, jugaba de pívot y su equipo NBA fue Phoenix Suns. Murió el 16 de agosto de 1987 en el accidente del vuelo 255 de Northwest Airlines, que se estrelló poco después de despegar del aeropuerto internacional MBS de Míchigan. En el accidente fallecieron todos los tripulantes y pasajeros del avión incluyendo a Nick Vanos y a su novia, a excepción de una niña de cuatro años.
  • Muore ad appena 24 anni a causa di un incidente aereo insieme alla fidanzata e ad altre 153 persone quando l'aereo della Northwest partito da Detroit e diretto in Arizona si schianto subito dopo il decollo.
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  • Nicolaas (Nick) Vanos was an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. The San Mateo, California native was selected 32nd by the Suns in the 1985 NBA Draft, after playing for Hillsdale High School and collegiately at Santa Clara University. He played for the Suns as a center on the team. His career with the Suns lasted only two years before coming to a tragic end.
  • Nick Vanos nació en San Mateo, California el 13 de abril de 1963, y falleció en Romulus, Míchigan, el 16 de agosto de 1987. Medía 2,15 m, jugaba de pívot y su equipo NBA fue Phoenix Suns. Murió el 16 de agosto de 1987 en el accidente del vuelo 255 de Northwest Airlines, que se estrelló poco después de despegar del aeropuerto internacional MBS de Míchigan.
  • Muore ad appena 24 anni a causa di un incidente aereo insieme alla fidanzata e ad altre 153 persone quando l'aereo della Northwest partito da Detroit e diretto in Arizona si schianto subito dopo il decollo.
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