Walt Davis

Walt Davis
Davis at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1931-01-05) January 5, 1931
Beaumont, Texas[1]
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Nederland (Nederland, Texas)[2]
College Texas A&M (1949–1952)
NBA draft 1952 / Round: 2 / Pick: 13th overall
Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors
Playing career 1953–1958
Position Forward / Center
Number 12
Career history
1953–1958 Philadelphia Warriors
1958 St. Louis Hawks
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points 1,558 (4.8 ppg)
Rebounds 1,397 (4.3 rpg)
Assists 231 (0.7 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Athletics
Representing  United States
1952 Helsinki High jump

Walter Francis Davis (born January 5, 1931) is a retired American athlete. After winning a gold medal in the high jump at the 1952 Olympics he became a professional basketball player.

Despite contracting polio at age nine and being unable to walk for three years, Davis had a standout athletic career at Texas A&M University and later won Olympic gold in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, with a leap of 2.04 metres (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in).

The Philadelphia Warriors selected the 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Davis in the second round of the 1952 NBA draft. He spent five seasons with the Warriors and St. Louis Hawks, averaging 4.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.[3]

David was Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1964[4] and to the Texas Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Buddy Davis. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Walter 'Buddy' Davis. Museum of the Gulf Coast
  3. ↑ Walt Davis. basketball-reference.com
  4. ↑ Buddy Davis Bio from the Texas Sports Hall of Fame



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