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Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Basketball Player

Position
  
Center, Power forward

Name
  
Walt Budko

Education
  
Columbia University

Listed weight
  
220 lb (100 kg)

Weight
  
100 kg

Listed height
  
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Height
  
1.96 m


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Born
  
July 30, 1925 Brooklyn, New York (
1925-07-30
)

High school
  
Trinity School (New York City, New York)

College
  
Columbia (1942–1944, 1946–1948)

NBA draft
  
1948 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall

Died
  
May 25, 2013, Timonium, Maryland, United States

Walter "Walt" Budko Jr. (July 30, 1925 – May 25, 2013) was an American basketball player.

He played collegiately for Columbia University.

He was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the first round (6th pick overall) of the 1948 BAA draft.

He played for the Bullets (1948–51) and Philadelphia Warriors (1951–52) in the BAA and NBA for 253 games.

He coached the Bullets in the NBA (1950–51).

References

Walt Budko Wikipedia