Editing Jerry Colangelo (section)

==Early life==
Colangelo was born and raised in [[Chicago Heights, Illinois]], to an Italian-American [[working class]] family.<ref name="historicalleague">{{cite web|url=http://www.historicalleague.org/historymaker-inside.aspx?historymakerid=25 |title=Jerry Colangelo 1939 – |publisher=Historical League |access-date=September 14, 2014 }}</ref> He played basketball and baseball for [[Bloom Township High School]]. Colangelo enrolled at the [[University of Kansas]], but transferred to the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]] after prospective teammate [[Wilt Chamberlain]] left. He played basketball for the [[Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball|Illinois Fighting Illini]], earned All-Big Ten honors, and captained the Illini as a senior. He was later inducted into the Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame. Colangelo also played two years of baseball at Illinois.<ref name="phoenixsunsprofile">{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/suns/news/jerry_colangelo_bio.html |title=Jerry Colangelo Bio |work=Phoenix Suns |access-date=September 14, 2014 }}</ref> In 1962, he graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in physical education.<ref name="historicalleague"/>

In his autobiography, ''How You Play the Game'', Colangelo tells of working at the House of Charles, a tuxedo rental shop in Chicago Heights, after graduating from college.<ref name="HYPTG">Colangelo, Jerry; Sherman, Len. ''How You Play the Game: Lessons for Life from the Billion-Dollar Business of Sports'', AMACOM, 1999. {{ISBN|0-8144-0488-X}}</ref>