Barry Mungar (born November 4, 1961) is a Canadian former professional

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player. Following his college career at St. Bonaventure, he went on to play professionally in Europe. He was a key member of the Canadian national team in the late 80's, appearing with the team in several major tournaments, including the

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in Seoul.

Basketball career

Born in

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, Mungar attended Highland Secondary School in

Dundas, Ontario : ''For the county in eastern Ontario see Dundas County, Ontario. For the upper tier county, see United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.'' Dundas is a community and town in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is nicknamed the ''Valley Town' ...

, in the late 1970's where he starred at basketball. In 1981, he joined St. Bonaventure but suffered a back injury early in the season and missed all but two games. During his final season with St. Bonaventure, he averaged 17.1 points and 8.0 rebounds and was named to the All-

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First-Team. Following his college career, he was drafted in the fourth round of the 1986 NBA draft, taken 82nd overall by the Washington Bullets. After not making it to the final roster, Mungar left for Europe where he played professionally in Italy.

National team career

Mungar participated with the Canadian national team at the

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, the

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, the

1988 Tournament of the Americas The 1988 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 22 to 31 May 1988. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn ...

(FIBA AmeriCup) and in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Personal life

Following his basketball career, Mungar worked as a constable with the Hamilton Police. His daughter, Reece Mungar, played college basketball for

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and

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References

External links

Barry Munger Short Bio
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St. Bonaventure Hall of Fame profile
1961 births Living people Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Ottawa Canadian expatriate basketball people in Italy Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Canada St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball players Washington Bullets draft picks Canadian men's national basketball team players {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub