Ronnie Shavlik | |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1933 |
Birth Place: | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
Death Place: | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lb: | 200 |
High School: | East (Denver, Colorado) |
College: | NC State (1953–1956) |
Draft Year: | 1956 |
Draft Round: | 1 |
Draft Pick: | 4 |
Draft Team: | New York Knicks |
Career Start: | 1956 |
Career End: | 1958 |
Career Number: | 14, 16 |
Career Position: | Forward |
Years1: | – |
Team1: | New York Knicks |
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Ronald Dean Shavlik (December 4, 1933 – June 27, 1983) was an American professional basketball player. He was an All-American center for the NC State Wolfpack in the 1950s. He later played briefly for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Shavlik established a janitorial service, Carolina Maintenance Co., as a college student in 1956.[1] After his playing career, he focused on growing the business. He was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1979 and the NC State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. Shavlik was inducted into the Raleigh Hall of Fame on November 4, 2018. Shavlik died of cancer at the age of 49.[2]
His grandson, Shavlik Randolph, played college basketball for Duke University and has played professionally in the NBA.
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Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG | |
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New York | 7 | 10.3 | .182 | .400 | 3.1 | .0 | 1.4 | ||
New York | 1 | 2.0 | .000 | - | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | ||
Career | 8 | 9.3 | .174 | .400 | 2.9 | .0 | 1.3 |