Dick Bunt
Personal information | |
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Born | Queens, New York | July 13, 1929
Died | February 10, 2021 Purdys, New York | (aged 91)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Bayside (Queens, New York) |
College | NYU (1949–1952) |
NBA draft | 1952 / Round: 3 / Pick: 25th overall |
Selected by the New York Knicks | |
Playing career | 1952–1953 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 9 |
Coaching career | 1955–1959 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1952 | New York Knicks |
1952 | Manchester British-Americans |
1952–1953 | Baltimore Bullets |
As coach: | |
1955–1956 | Richmond Hill HS |
1956–1959 | Bryant HS |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Richard J. Bunt (July 13, 1929 – February 10, 2021) was an American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 1952–53 season.
He played collegiately for New York University and was selected by the New York Knicks in the 1952 NBA draft.
Bunt played for the Knicks and Baltimore Bullets in the NBA for 26 games. After he finished his NBA career, he was a physical education teacher at William C. Bryant High School in Astoria, Queens, New York.
Bunt died on February 10, 2021 in Purdys, New York at age 91.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Richard Bunt obituary". lohud.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2021 deaths
- American Basketball League (1925–1955) players
- American men's basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players
- Basketball coaches from New York (state)
- Basketball players from New York City
- Bayside High School (Queens) alumni
- High school basketball coaches in New York (state)
- Manchester British Americans players
- New York Knicks draft picks
- New York Knicks players
- NYU Violets men's basketball players
- Point guards
- Sportspeople from Queens, New York
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs