Bob Burrow
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Personal information | |
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Born | Malvern, Arkansas |
July 29, 1934
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 228 lb (103 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Wells (Wells, Texas) |
College | Lon Morris (1952–1954) Kentucky (1954–1956) |
NBA draft | 1956 / Round: 2 / Pick: 8th overall |
Selected by the Rochester Royals | |
Playing career | 1956–1958 |
Position | Power forward / Center |
Number | 6, 50 |
Career history | |
1956–1957 | Rochester Royals |
1957–1958 | Minneapolis Lakers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 459 (5.7 ppg) |
Rebounds | 357 (4.4 rpg) |
Assists | 47 (0.6 apg) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Robert Brantley "Bob" Burrow (born June 29, 1934) is a retired American basketball player. The son of a lumberjack, Burrow was considered the nation's No. 1 junior college player in 1954 at Lon Morris, where he scored 2,191 points. Reportedly, Adolph Rupp gave Burrow a scholarship without seeing him play in person. [1] He played collegiately for the University of Kentucky and was selected by the Rochester Royals in the 1956 NBA Draft.
File:Bob-Burrow-jersey.jpg
A jersey honoring Burrow hangs in Rupp Arena.
Burrow played for the Royals (1956–57) and Minneapolis Lakers (1957–58) in the NBA for a total of 81 games.
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.com
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Lon Morris College alumni
- Minneapolis Lakers players
- People from Malvern, Arkansas
- Rochester Royals draft picks
- Rochester Royals players
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs