September 20, 1969(1969-09-20) (aged 32) Carmichael, California
Nationality
American
Listed height
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight
180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school
Grant Union (Sacramento, California)
College
UCLA (1956–1959)
NBA draft
1959: 8th round, 58th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Position
Guard
Number
22
Career highlights and awards
Third-team All-American – UPI (1959)
First-team All-PCC (1959)
Second-team All-PCC (1958)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing United States
Pan American Games
1963 São Paulo
Team competition
Walter Alexander Torrence[1] (July 31, 1937 – September 20, 1969) was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He earned all-conference honors in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) as a junior, and was named an All-American as a senior in 1959. After college, Torrence joined the United States Army. He was one of five Army members on the US national basketball team which won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1963.
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The Performo Toy Company was established in 1925 by Torrence Leroy Dietz, in Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. They manufactured wooden toys in...
Mirrorverse. In Disney Parks, she is a meet-and-greet character at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. In the Shanghai Disneyland attraction Zootopia: Hot Pursuit...
planned to have launched in 1982, arrived at Jupiter on 7 December 1995; Torrence Johnson of JPL; Jim Scotti of the Spacewatch project at Kitt Peak National...
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paper mill (1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Tacoma Dome). In the 1960s, Jim Torrence and Don Lemon with Diamond Jim and the Jazzmasters released a 45 rpm novelty...
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Bentley (R) ran for election to a full term and won over Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox. Ivey was sworn in for her first full term on January 14, 2019. This...