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Walt Bellamy

NBA Player
Date of birthJuly 24, 1939(age 71)
Place of birthNew Bern, North Carolina, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Height6 ft 11 inch (2.1 m)
Weight496 lb (225 kg)
Career information
CollegeIndiana
NBA Draft1961
Selected by theChicago Packers
Pro career1961 - 1974
As player:
Chicago Packers (1961 - 1962)
Chicago Zephyrs (1962 - 1963)
Baltimore Bullets (1963 - 1965)
New York Knicks (1965 - 1968)
Detroit Pistons (1968 - 1969)
Atlanta Hawks (1970 - 1974)
New Orleans Jazz (1974 - 1975)
NBA Rookie Of The Year, 1961-62
All-Big Ten at Indiana University, 1960, 1961
4-Time NBA All-Star, 1962-65

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Walter Jones Bellamy (born July 24, 1939 in New Bern, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player.

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Third Suspect In Robbery Case Arrested - WITN Tweet this news
WITN--New Bern Police say 19-year-old Tyron Wallace called police to turn himself in Wednesday for the May 16th robbery on -Walt Bellamy- Drive. ... - Date : Thu, 27 May 2010 09:31:20 GMT+00:00
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Olean Times Herald--2 pick in the 1961 NBA draft, behind -Walt Bellamy-. He was taken by the New York Knicks, whose new coach was Eddie Donovan, who held a similar position ... - Date : Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:20:07 GMT+00:00
Remembering Honeycomb - Baltimore Sun (blog) Tweet this news
Baltimore Sun (blog)--They are, from left, Bullets center -Walt Bellamy-, Royals forward Jerry Lucas, Bullets guard Si Green and forward Terry Dischinger (43).--- - Date : Fri, 28 May 2010 20:52:34 GMT+00:00

Preceded by
Oscar Robertson
NBA first overall draft pick
1961 NBA Draft
Succeeded by
Bill McGill
Preceded by
Oscar Robertson
NBA first overall draft pick
1961 NBA Draft
Succeeded by
Bill McGill


New York Knicks

The FranchiseFranchise * All-Time roster * Head coaches * Seasons * Current season
ArenasMadison Square Garden III * 69th Regiment Armory * Madison Square Garden IV
Head CoachesCohalan * Lapchick * Boryla * Levane * Braun * Donovan * Gallatin * McGuire * Holzman * Reed * Holzman * H. Brown * Hill * Pitino * Jackson * MacLeod * Riley * Nelson * Van Gundy * Chaney * Williams * Wilkens * Williams * L. Brown * Thomas * D'Antoni
General ManagersPodesta * Boryla * Donovan * Holzman * Donovan * DeBusschere * Stirling * Bianchi * Checketts * Grunfeld * Layden * Thomas * Walsh
D-League AffiliateSpringfield Armor
AdministrationMadison Square Garden, Inc. (Owner) * James Dolan (Chairman & CEO) * Donnie Walsh (President & GM of Basketball Ops.) * Mike D'Antoni (Head Coach)
Notable FiguresDick Barnett * Walt Bellamy * Bill Bradley * Carl Braun * Marcus Camby * Bill Cartwright * Dave Checketts * Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton * Dave DeBusschere * Patrick Ewing * Walt Frazier * Harry Gallatin * Marty Glickman * Ernie Grunfeld * Richie Guerin * Red Holzman * Allan Houston * Ned Irish * Mark Jackson * Phil Jackson * Larry Johnson * Bernard King * David Lee * Jerry Lucas * Anthony Mason * Stephon Marbury * Dick McGuire * Earl Monroe * Charles Oakley * Cal Ramsey * Willis Reed * Micheal Ray Richardson * Pat Riley * Nate Robinson * Latrell Sprewell * John Starks * Kurt Thomas * Trent Tucker * Kiki Vandeweghe * Jeff Van Gundy * Gerald Wilkins * Max Zaslofsky
Retired Numbers10 * 12 * 15 * 15 * 19 * 22 * 24 * 33 * 613
NBA Championships (2)1970 * 1973
RivalsPhiladelphia 76ers * Boston Celtics * Los Angeles Lakers * Chicago Bulls * Indiana Pacers * Miami Heat * New Jersey Nets * Toronto Raptors
Culture and LoreWillis Reed limping onto the court * Eddie * Spike Lee * Disputed Foul Against Scottie Pippen * 1994 NBA Finals * New York Rangers win Game 7 of 1994 Stanley Cup Finals * 1999 NBA Finals * Scott Layden * Isiah Thomas * Knickerbocker * Knicks �Nuggets brawl * Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? * Mike Walczewski * George Kalinsky
MediaTV: MSG Network * Radio: WEPN-AM * Current announcers: Mike Breen * Walt Frazier * Gus Johnson * John Andariese * Kelly Tripucka * Former announcers: Marv Albert * Bob Wolff

1960 Olympic Champions Men's Basketball team - United States

Arnette * Bellamy * Boozer * Dischinger * Haldorson * Imhoff * Kelley * Lane * Lucas * Robertson * Smith * West * Coach: Newell * Assistant Coach: Womble

1961 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team
Terry Dischinger * Roger Kaiser * Jerry Lucas * Tom Stith * Chet Walker
Second Team
Walt Bellamy * Frank Burgess * Tony Jackson * Bill McGill * Larry Siegfried

NBA [[List of first overall NBA draft picks

1947: McNeely * 1948: Tonkovich * 1949: Shannon * 1950: Share * 1951: Melchiorre * 1952: Workman * 1953: Felix * 1954: Selvy * 1955: Ricketts * 1956: Green * 1957: Hundley * 1958: Baylor * 1959: Boozer * 1960: Robertson * 1961: Bellamy * 1962: McGill * 1963: Heyman * 1964: Barnes * 1965: Hetzel * 1966: Russell * 1967: Walker * 1968: Hayes * 1969: Alcindor * 1970: Lanier * 1971: Carr * 1972: L. Martin * 1973: Collins * 1974: Walton * 1975: D. Thompson * 1976: Lucas * 1977: Benson * 1978: M. Thompson * 1979: E. Johnson * 1980: Carroll * 1981: Aguirre * 1982: Worthy * 1983: Sampson * 1984: Olajuwon * 1985: Ewing * 1986: Daugherty * 1987: D. Robinson * 1988: Manning * 1989: Ellison * 1990: Coleman * 1991: L. Johnson * 1992: O'Neal * 1993: Webber * 1994: G. Robinson * 1995: Smith * 1996: Iverson * 1997: Duncan * 1998: Olowokandi * 1999: Brand * 2000: K. Martin * 2001: Brown * 2002: Yao * 2003: James * 2004: Howard * 2005: Bogut * 2006: Bargnani * 2007: Oden * 2008: Rose * 2009: Griffin * 2010: Wall |

1961 NBA Draft

First round
Walt Bellamy * Tom Stith * Larry Siegfried * Ray Scott * Wayne Yates * Ben Warley * Tom Meschery * Cleo Hill * Gary Phillips
Second round
Whitey Martin * Bob Wiesenhahn * Johnny Egan * Fred Sawyer * Chris Smith * Ted Luckenbill * Ron Horn * Al Butler * Jack Turner * Jerry Graves * York Larese * Don Kojis * Doug Moe * Jeff Cohen

Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1993

PlayersWalt Bellamy * Julius Erving * Dan Issel * Dick McGuire * Ann Meyers * Calvin Murphy * Uljana Semjonova * Bill Walton

NBA Rookie of the Year Award

1953: Meineke * 1954: Felix * 1955: Pettit * 1956: Stokes * 1957: Heinsohn * 1958: Sauldsberry * 1959: Baylor * 1960: Chamberlain * 1961: Robertson * 1962: Bellamy * 1963: Dischinger * 1964: Lucas * 1965: Reed * 1966: Barry * 1967: Bing * 1968: Monroe * 1969: Unseld * 1970: Alcindor * 1971: Cowens & Petrie * 1972: Wicks * 1973: McAdoo * 1974: DiGregorio * 1975: Wilkes * 1976: Adams * 1977: Dantley * 1978: Davis * 1979: Ford * 1980: Bird * 1981: Griffith * 1982: Williams * 1983: Cummings * 1984: Sampson * 1985: Jordan * 1986: Ewing * 1987: Person * 1988: Jackson * 1989: Richmond * 1990: Robinson * 1991: Coleman * 1992: Johnson * 1993: O'Neal * 1994: Webber * 1995: Hill & Kidd * 1996: Stoudamire * 1997: Iverson * 1998: Duncan * 1999: Carter * 2000: Brand & Francis * 2001: Miller * 2002: Gasol * 2003: Stoudemire * 2004: James * 2005: Okafor * 2006: Paul * 2007: Roy * 2008: Durant * 2009: Rose * 2010: Evans



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