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Walt Davis
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American basketball player (1931–2020)
OverviewAI-generated
Walter Francis Davis was an American basketball player and athletics competitor born in Beaumont on January 5, 1931. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics representing the United States. His athletic career included playing as a center for the Atlanta Hawks in the National Basketball Association and competing in the high jump. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors.
Davis attended Texas A&M University and spoke English. His professional work period spanned from 1953 to 1958. He died in Port Arthur on November 17, 2020.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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- Works
- 6
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- Sport
- Basketball
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Beaumont
- Place of death
- Port Arthur
- Occupation
- high jumper
- Educated at
- Texas A&M University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 1952 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 93
- Image
- Walt Davis 1952.jpg
- Height
- 203
Show 12 more facts
- date of birth
- 1931-01-05
- drafted by
- Golden State Warriors
- sports discipline competed in
- high jump
- birth name
- Walter Francis Davis
- different from
- Walter Davis
- Commons category
- Walt Davis
- end of work period
- 1958-00-00
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-11-17
- name in native language
- Walt Davis
- nickname
- Walt
- record held
- Men's high jump world record progression
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