George Bon Salle
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| Born | July 1, 1935 Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
| Died | July 20, 2015 (aged 80) South Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Illinois) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Illinois (1954–1957) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1957: 1st round, 7th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Syracuse Nationals | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1957–1962 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 33 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1957–1958 | Olimpia Milano | ||||||||||||||
| 1958–1959 | Denver Truckers | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Chicago Packers | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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George H. Bon Salle (July 1, 1935 – July 20, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) forward, he starred at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois, before playing at the University of Illinois. As a senior in 1957, Bon Salle was awarded All-American honors, and he was selected by the NBA's Syracuse Nationals in that year's professional draft. However, Bon Salle never played for the Nationals, spending most of his professional career with the National Industrial Basketball League's Denver Truckers. A gold-medalist at the 1959 Pan-American Games, Bon Salle also played briefly for the NBA's Chicago Packers (now the Washington Wizards) during the 1961–62 season.[1]
He collected the posters of the French graphic artist Bernard Villemot and published a catalogue raisonné of those works.[2]
References
- ^ "Illini great Bon Salle dies". news-gazette.com.
- ^ "Embracing an icon : the posters of bernard villlemot". worldcat.org.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Profile at Loyola Academy Hall of Fame
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- 1935 births
- 2015 deaths
- Basketball players at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Basketball players from Illinois
- Chicago Packers players
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players
- Pan American Games gold medalists
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Sportspeople from Chicago
- Syracuse Nationals draft picks
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs