Bruno Boin (born ) is an American former

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player known for his college career at the

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in the 1950s. He was an

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as well as a first-team all-

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choice in 1958. A native of

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, Boin starred at Franklin High School, guiding his team to a state championship as a

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in 1954 before embarking on his college career. In Boin's three seasons as a Washington Husky he scored 1,336 points, was twice a

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, and earned numerous all-conference and all-district honors. He dropped out of school before the start of the 1957–58 season in order to preserve his NCAA eligibility; the school had been caught violating recruiting regulations the year before and were going to be placed in a one-year postseason ban. However he returned to graduate and later went on to post graduate work at UCLA. During his collegiate career he played for the

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's Buchan Bakers and won an AAU national championship with them during the 1955–56 season. He was selected in the

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in both

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) and

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) but never played in the league due to a bad back. Boin went into the actuarial business for 33 years and retired in 1998. As of February 2005 he was splitting his time in retirement between

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and

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. He was inducted into the University of Washington's Hall of Fame in 1992 and named to their All-Century Team in 2002. Boin was married to Sheila Dolan Boin for 63 years (1960-2023) and they had three children: Patrick Christopher Boin (born 1965), Mari Boin (born 1968), and Leslie Madelon Boin (born 1969).

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