Walt Davis
 Davis at the 1952 Olympics | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | January 5, 1931 Beaumont, Texas[1] | |||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | |||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||
| High school | Nederland (Nederland, Texas)[2] | |||||||||||
| College | Texas A&M (1949–1952) | |||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1952: 2nd round, 13th overall pick | |||||||||||
| Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1953–1958 | |||||||||||
| Position | Forward / Center | |||||||||||
| Number | 12 | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| 1953–1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | |||||||||||
| 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | |||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||
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| 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 Davis (born January 5, 1931) is a retired American athlete. After winning a gold medal in the high jump at the 1952 Olympics he became a professional basketball player.
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).
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.[3]
David was Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1964[4] and to the Texas Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2016.
References
- ^ Buddy Davis. sports-reference.com
- ^ Walter 'Buddy' Davis. Museum of the Gulf Coast
- ^ Walt Davis. basketball-reference.com
- ^ Buddy Davis Bio from the Texas Sports Hall of Fame
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