Nationality American Pro career 1956–1958 Weight 103 kg Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Name Bob Burrow Education Lon Morris College | Listed weight 228 lb (103 kg) Role Basketball Player Position Center, Power forward High school Wells (Wells, Texas) Height 2.01 m | |
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Born July 29, 1934 (age 89)
Malvern, Arkansas ( 1934-07-29 ) NBA draft 1956 / Round: 2 / Pick: 8th overall | ||
Robert Brantley Burrow (born June 29, 1934) is a retired American basketball 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. Reportedly, Adolph Rupp gave Burrow a scholarship without seeing him play in person. [1] He played collegiately for the University of Kentucky and was selected by the Rochester Royals in the 1956 NBA draft.
Burrow played for the Royals (1956–57) and Minneapolis Lakers (1957–58) in the NBA for a total of 81 games.
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