Walt Davis
 Davis at the 1952 Olympics | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Born | January 5, 1931 Beaumont, Texas | ||||||||||
| Died | November 17, 2020 (aged 89) Port Arthur, Texas | ||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| High school | Nederland (Nederland, Texas) | ||||||||||
| College | Texas A&M (1949–1952) | ||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1952 / Round: 2 / Pick: 13th overall | ||||||||||
| Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors | |||||||||||
| Playing career | 1953–1958 | ||||||||||
| Position | Power forward / Center | ||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||
| 1953–1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | ||||||||||
| 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | ||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||
| Points | 1,558 (4.8 ppg) | ||||||||||
| Rebounds | 1,397 (4.3 rpg) | ||||||||||
| Assists | 231 (0.7 apg) | ||||||||||
Stats  at NBA.com | |||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||
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Walter Francis "Buddy" Davis (January 5, 1931 – November 17, 2020) was an American athlete. After winning a gold medal in the high jump at the 1952 Olympics he became a professional basketball player.[1]
Despite contracting polio at age nine and being unable to walk for three years, Davis had a standout athletic career at Texas A&M University and later won Olympic gold in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, with a leap of 2.04 metres (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in).[1]
The Philadelphia Warriors selected the 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Davis in the second round of the 1952 NBA draft. He spent five seasons with the Warriors and St. Louis Hawks, averaging 4.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.[2]
Davis was Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1964[3] and to the Texas Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2016.
Davis died on November 17, 2020 in Port Arthur, Texas at age 89.[4]
References[]
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- ^ a b Buddy Davis. sports-reference.com
- ^ Walt Davis. basketball-reference.com
- ^ Buddy Davis Bio from the Texas Sports Hall of Fame
- ^ Murrell, I. C. (November 17, 2020). "Buddy Davis, Olympic & NBA champ from Nederland, dies at 89". The Port Arthur News. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
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