Dick Bunt | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 170 |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 13 July 1929 |
Birth Place: | Queens, New York |
Death Place: | Purdys, New York |
High School: | Bayside (Queens, New York) |
College: | NYU (1949–1952) |
Draft Year: | 1952 |
Draft Round: | 3 |
Draft Pick: | 25 |
Draft Team: | New York Knicks |
Career Start: | 1952 |
Career End: | 1953 |
Career Number: | 9 |
Career Position: | Point guard |
Team1: | New York Knicks |
Years2: | 1952 |
Team2: | Manchester British-Americans |
Team3: | Baltimore Bullets |
Coach Start: | 1955 |
Coach End: | 1959 |
Cyears1: | 1955–1956 |
Cteam1: | Richmond Hill HS |
Cyears2: | 1956–1959 |
Cteam2: | Bryant HS |
Richard J. Bunt (July 13, 1929 – February 10, 2021) was an American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 1952–53 season.
He played collegiately for New York University and was selected by the New York Knicks in the 1952 NBA draft.
Bunt played for the Knicks and Baltimore Bullets in the NBA for 26 games. After he finished his NBA career, he was a physical education teacher at William C. Bryant High School in Astoria, Queens, New York.
Bunt died on February 10, 2021, at age 91, in Purdys, New York.[1]
Source[2]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | 14 | 10.4 | .226 | .680 | .9 | .7 | 2.9 | ||
Baltimore | 12 | 10.4 | .327 | .739 | 1.3 | .6 | 4.3 | ||
Career | 26 | 10.4 | .276 | .708 | 1.1 | .7 | 3.5 |