Jim Drucker

Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953 (age 67–68))[1] is a former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder and owner of NewKadia.com, the world’s largest online-only comic-book seller.

Jim Drucker
Born1952/1953 (age 67–68)
Brooklyn, New York, US
Alma mater
Known for
Spouse(s)Fran Drucker
Parent(s)

Biography

Drucker was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Ukrainian parents, and is Jewish.[1][2] His father, Norm Drucker, was a New York City public school teacher and principal, and then a long-time referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association.[1][3][4][5]

Drucker grew up in East Meadow in Long Island, New York.[1][5][6] He attended SUNY Buffalo, obtaining a bachelor's degree in political science and communication, and then obtained a law degree from Duke Law School.[6][1][5] He next taught at Temple University.[5][1] He is married to Fran Drucker, and now lives in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.[6]

Drucker was Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, the precursor to the NBA’s G-League, from 1978 to 1986; while in the position, he acquired additional coverage by offering the first-ever million dollar half-court shot.[1][4][5][7] He was ESPN’s on-camera legal analyst from 1989-1994.[8][6]

He became Commissioner of the Arena Football League in 1994.[5][9][10] Drucker remained in the position for two years, while working to expand it from 11 to 18 teams.[5]

In 1999, with his own collection of 850 comic books Drucker started and became the owner of NewKadia Comics, the world’s largest online-only comic-book seller.[5][8][11] In 2017, it sold 250,000 comic books, although Drucker stated he'd only "read three comics in the past 18 years".[1][5]

References
  1. Jesse Bernstein (May 8, 2019). "Jim Drucker’s Life Leads Him From Basketball to Comic Books," Jewish Exponent
  2. David McKibben (August 10, 1996). "Piranha Football--Call Them the Lord's Players". Los Angeles Times.
  3. Smith, Sam (March 24, 1985). "CBA Boss Shows How to Score with Fans". Chicago Tribune.
  4. Rosen, Charley (2011). Crazy Basketball: A Life in and Out of Bounds. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0803217935 – via Google Books.
  5. Michael Bradley (July 2019). "Meet Norristown's Unlikely Comic Book Mogul; Jim Drucker is the owner of NewKadia Comics, the world's largest online-only comic book retailer". Main Line Today.
  6. Mastrull, Diane (February 22, 2015). "An online comic dealer with a superpowered sales platform". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  7. "The Sporting News; Volume 193". Sporting News Publishing Company. January 23, 1982 – via Google Books.
  8. "World's Largest Comic Book Store - NewKadia.com - Welcomes Shopper #15,000,000 on July 31". Newswire.
  9. Television Guide; Volume 42. Triangle Publications. January 23, 1994 – via Google Books.
  10. Cable Television Programming; Issues 186-212. Paul Kagan Associates. January 23, 1993 – via Google Books.
  11. Puleo, Gary (January 10, 2012). "Comics store zones in on Internet success". The Times Herald.
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