 Bellamy with the Atlanta Hawks in 1972 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 24, 1939 New Bern, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | November 2, 2013 (aged 74) College Park, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | J.T. Barber (New Bern, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Indiana (1958–1961) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1961: 1st round, 1st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Chicago Packers | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1961–1974 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1961–1965 | Chicago Packers / Zephyrs / Baltimore Bullets | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1968 | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | Detroit Pistons | ||||||||||||||
| 1970–1974 | Atlanta Hawks | ||||||||||||||
| 1974 | New Orleans Jazz | ||||||||||||||
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| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 20,941 (20.1 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 14,241 (13.7 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 2,544 (2.4 apg) | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
| Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
| Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
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Walter Jones Bellamy (July 24, 1939 – November 2, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. A four-time NBA All-Star, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.