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Bill Stauffer

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Nationality
  
American

Listed weight
  
210 lb (95 kg)

Weight
  
95 kg

Listed height
  
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Height
  
1.93 m

Position
  
Center, Power forward

Born
  
June 9, 1930 Maryville, Missouri (
1930-06-09
)

High school
  
Maryville (Maryville, Missouri)

Died
  
26 November 2015, Urbandale, Iowa, United States

NBA draft
  
1952, Boston Celtics (Round: 1 / Pick: 6)

College
  
Missouri Tigers men's basketball (1949–1952)

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William Albert "Bill" Stauffer (June 9, 1930 – November 26, 2015) was an American basketball player. He was an all-conference college player at the University of Missouri and a first-round NBA draft pick by the Boston Celtics in 1952.

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Stauffer came to Missouri from Maryville High School in Maryville, Missouri. Undersized for the center position at 6'4", he nonetheless was one of the Big Seven Conference's top rebounders and left Missouri as the school's all-time leader. He was named first-team All-Big Seven in both his junior and senior seasons. Stauffer's jersey was the first retired by the Missouri basketball program and in 1991 he was elected to the school's athletic Hall of Fame. In 2006, he was named to the school's All-Century team.

Following the close of his college career, Stauffer was selected by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the 1952 NBA draft. However, he chose to instead enlist in the United States Air Force, then entered a career in journalism and business. He died at 85 on November 26, 2015 from a brain hemorrhage.

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References

Bill Stauffer Wikipedia