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Walt Davis

1931 - 2020

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Walter Francis "Buddy" Davis (January 5, 1931 – November 17, 2020) was an 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-foot-8-inch (2.03 m) Davis in the second round of the 1952 NBA draft. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walt Davis is the 181st most popular basketball player (up from 222nd in 2019), the 8,863rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,650th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Walt Davis ranks 181 out of 1,757. Before him are Richard Jefferson, Damir Šolman, Jo Jo White, Ratko Radovanović, Dave Cowens, and Clifford Robinson. After him are Dave Bing, Doc Rivers, Nick Anderson, Bob Love, Dell Curry, and Donovan Mitchell.

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Among people born in 1931, Walt Davis ranks 480. Before him are Aleksandar Ivoš, Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur, Chiharu Igaya, Nat Adderley, Dana Wynter, and Kálmán Markovits. After him are Bob Clotworthy, Lonnie Donegan, Hansjörg Felmy, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, John Norman, and Jerrie Cobb. Among people deceased in 2020, Walt Davis ranks 578. Before him are Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Günter de Bruyn, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Clifford Robinson, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, and Kevin Dobson. After him are Lyle Mays, Barbara Windsor, Anthony Soter Fernandez, Biri Biri, Stephen F. Cohen, and Olga Tass.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walt Davis ranks 8,865 out of 20,380. Before him are Samantha Mathis (1970), Scott Turow (1949), Kevin Dillon (1965), George Deukmejian (1928), Peter Buck (1956), and Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836). After him are Lyle Mays (1953), Bob Welch (1945), Robert Kramer (1939), Dave Bing (1943), Billy Strayhorn (1915), and Morrison Waite (1816).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Walt Davis ranks 106. Before him are Nick Young (1985), David Blatt (1959), Richard Jefferson (1980), Jo Jo White (1946), Dave Cowens (1948), and Clifford Robinson (1966). After him are Dave Bing (1943), Doc Rivers (1961), Nick Anderson (1968), Bob Love (1942), Dell Curry (1964), and Donovan Mitchell (1996).

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