Neal Walk

Neal Walk
	Walk with the Phoenix Suns in 1969
Personal information
Born	July 29, 1948; Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	October 4, 2015 (aged 67); Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Miami Beach; (Miami Beach, Florida)
College	Florida (1966–1969)
NBA draft	1969: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
	Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career	1969–1981
Position	Center
Number	41
Career history
1969–1974	Phoenix Suns
1974–1975	New Orleans Jazz
1975–1976	New York Knicks
1977–1978	Reyer Venezia Mestre
1978–1981	Hapoel Ramat Gan
Career highlights and awards
	Second-team All-American – AP (1968); 2× Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1969); Third-team All-American – AP (1969); NCAA rebounding leader (1968); No. 41 retired by Florida Gators;
Career NBA statistics
Points	7,157 (12.6 ppg)
Rebounds	4,392 (7.7 rpg)
Assists	1,214 (2.1 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Representing United States
Men's Basketball
Maccabiah Games

Neal Eugene Walk (July 29, 1948 – October 4, 2015) was an American college and professional basketball player who was a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight seasons during the late 1960s and 1970s, playing overseas afterward. Walk played college basketball for the University of Florida, and remains the Florida Gators' all-time rebounds leader.^[1] The Phoenix Suns picked Walk second overall in the 1969 NBA draft, having lost the coin toss with the Milwaukee Bucks for Lew Alcindor. Walk played professionally for the Suns, the New Orleans Jazz and the New York Knicks of the NBA.