Walt Davis
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For the American triple jumper, see Walter Davis (athlete).
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| Born | January 5, 1931 Beaumont, Texas |
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | |||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | |||||||||
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| High school | Nederland | |||||||||
| College | Texas A&M | |||||||||
| NBA Draft | 1952 / Round: 2 / Pick: 13th overall | |||||||||
| Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors | ||||||||||
| Pro career | 1953–1958 | |||||||||
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| 1953–1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | |||||||||
| 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | |||||||||
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| Points | 1,558 (4.8 ppg) | |||||||||
| Rebounds | 1,397 (4.3 rpg) | |||||||||
| Assists | 231 (0.7 apg) | |||||||||
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Walt Davis (Walter Francis "Buddy" Davis; born January 5, 1931) is an Olympic gold medalist in the high jump, and later basketball player, from the United States. He was born in Beaumont, Texas.
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 in).
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.
External links [edit]
- sports-reference.com
- Buddy Davis Bio from the Texas Sports Hall of Fame
- Pro basketball statistics
- Buddy Davis Bio from the Museum of the Gulf Coast
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- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- People from Beaumont, Texas
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball players
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