Pete Brennan | |
Width: | 150px |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 6 |
Weight Lb: | 205 |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1936 |
Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Durham, North Carolina, U.S. |
High School: | St. Augustine (Brooklyn, New York) |
College: | North Carolina (1955–1958) |
Draft Year: | 1958 |
Draft Round: | 1 |
Draft Pick: | 4 |
Draft Team: | New York Knicks |
Career Start: | 1958 |
Career End: | 1959 |
Career Number: | 15, 16 |
Career Position: | Small forward |
Team1: | New York Knicks |
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Peter Joseph Brennan (September 23, 1936 - June 8, 2012) was an American basketball player. He played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New York Knicks.
Brennan was born in Brooklyn, New York. He played collegiately for the University of North Carolina, where he was chosen ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year in the 1957–58 season.
He was selected by the New York Knicks in the first round (4th pick overall) of the 1958 NBA draft. He played for the Knicks (1958–59) in the NBA for 16 games.
He was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
Brennan died of prostate cancer on June 8, 2012, in Durham, North Carolina.[1]
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