Walt Bellamy
Basketball
Inducted: 1984
- Born in 1939, New Bern, NC
- Attended J. T. Barbour High School
- College star at Indiana University
- Second-team All-American in 1961
- Played on the 1960 U.S. Olympic team
- First pick in 1961 draft by expansion team Chicago Packers
- Named 1962 NBA Rookie of the Year
- Played 14 seasons with six NBA teams
- Averaged over 20 points per game five times, including 31.6 average in 1962
- Became seventh player in league history to score over 20,000 points
- Played in four NBA all-star games and 46 playoff games
- Led NBA in field goal percentage in 1962
- Ended NBA career with 20,941 points, an average of 20.1 per game, and 14,241 rebounds
- Member of the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame
- Died 2013
