Richard J. Bunt (July 13, 1929 – February 10, 2021) was an American

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player who played in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

(NBA) during the 1952–53 season. He played collegiately for

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

and was selected by the

New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the Na ...

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 Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City Boroughs of New York City, borough of Queens. Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City, Queens, Long Island C ...

, New York. Bunt died on February 10, 2021, at age 91, in

Purdys, New York North Salem is a town in the northeastern section of Westchester County, New York, United States. The town, incorporated in 1788, is a suburb of New York City, located approximately 50 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. As of the 2020 census, N ...

Career statistics

NBA

Source

Regular season

Playoffs

References

External links

* 1930 births 2021 deaths American Basketball League (1925–1955) players American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players Basketball coaches from New York (state) Bayside High School (Queens) alumni High school basketball coaches in New York (state) Manchester British Americans players New York Knicks draft picks New York Knicks players NYU Violets men's basketball players Point guards Basketball players from Queens, New York {{1930s-US-basketball-bio-stub