Personal information | |
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Born | Delanco Township, New Jersey | November 24, 1937
Died | November 26, 2019 Bartlesville, Oklahoma |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Palmyra, (Palmyra, New Jersey) |
College | Maryland (1957–1960) |
NBA draft | 1960: 1st round, 7th overall pick |
Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors | |
Position | Center |
Number | 54 |
Career history | |
1960–1962 | Phillips 66ers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball Reference |
Allan J. Bunge (November 24, 1937 – November 26, 2019[1]) is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) first round draft pick (seventh pick overall) of the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1960 NBA draft. Bunge led the Maryland Terrapins to the NCAA tournament in 1958. Bunge's career was interrupted, and his entire life impacted, by flareups of ulcerative colitis that was discovered during his freshman year at Maryland.