For the Canadian ice hockey player, see Walt Bellamy (ice hockey).
Walt Bellamy
Bellamy with the Atlanta Hawks in 1972
Personal information
Born
(1939-07-24)July 24, 1939 New Bern, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
November 2, 2013(2013-11-02) (aged 74) College Park, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight
225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school
J.T. Barber (New Bern, North Carolina)
College
Indiana (1958–1961)
NBA draft
1961: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Packers
Playing career
1961–1974
Position
Center
Number
8
Career history
1961–1965
Chicago Packers / Zephyrs / Baltimore Bullets
1965–1968
New York Knicks
1968–1970
Detroit Pistons
1970–1974
Atlanta Hawks
1974
New Orleans Jazz
Career highlights and awards
4× NBA All-Star (1962–1965)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1962)
Consensus second-team All-American (1961)
First-team All-American – USBWA (1960)
Second-team All-American – NEA (1960)
Third-team All-American – UPI (1960)
NBA record: Most games played in a single season, 1968-69 (88)
Career statistics
Points
20,941 (20.1 ppg)
Rebounds
14,241 (13.7 rpg)
Assists
2,544 (2.4 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games
1960 Rome
Team competition
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history to be named NBA MVP (1969) and Finals MVP (1978). Four players (WaltBellamy, Terry Dischinger, Earl Monroe, and Unseld) have won the Rookie of the...
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comprising 107 players selected. WaltBellamy from the Indiana University was selected first overall by the Chicago Packers. Bellamy went on to win the Rookie...
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with Larry Siegfried. Indiana had a future Hall of Fame inductee in WaltBellamy, while Purdue had future NBA All-Star Terry Dischinger. "It was a terrific...
"Rockin'" Ronald Lee Bellamy (born December 13, 1964) is an American professional boxer. He is the half-brother of former NBA center WaltBellamy. Ron also started...
(depending on definitions) a member as either a player or contributor. WaltBellamy, Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson, and Jerry West were members of the 1960...
rebounds in a 110–99 win over the New York Knicks and by doing so, passed WaltBellamy for ninth place on the all-time rebounding list. On February 19, 2015...
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meeting between these two teams, with the Bucks winning the first meeting. Walt Frazier tips in a Dave DeBusschere miss over Wilt Chamberlain with 3 seconds...
California in the early 1920s and set up the Disney Brothers Studio (now The Walt Disney Company) with his brother Roy. With Ub Iwerks, he developed the character...
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