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Robert Brantley Burrow (June 29, 1934 – January 3, 2019) was an American
Burrow played for the Royals (1956–57) and
basketball
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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.
Early life
Reportedly, Adolph Rupp gave Burrow a scholarship without seeing him play in person. He played collegiately for theUniversity of Kentucky
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and was selected by the Rochester Royals
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in the 1956 NBA draft
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.
Burrow played for the Royals (1956–57) and Minneapolis Lakers
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(1957–58) in the NBA
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for a total of 81 games.
Burrow died on January 3, 2019, at age 84.
Career statistics
NBA
SourceRegular season
See also
*List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 30 or more rebounds in a game
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* 1934 births 2019 deaths All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Arkansas Centers (basketball) Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players Lon Morris Bearcats basketball players Minneapolis Lakers players People from Malvern, Arkansas Power forwards Rochester Royals draft picks Rochester Royals players 20th-century American sportsmen {{1930s-US-basketball-bio-stub