Robert M. Gantt Jr. (June 22, 1922 – October 25, 1994) was an American professional
basketball
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player. He played for one season with the
Washington Capitols
The Washington Capitols were a former Basketball Association of America (forerunner of the National Basketball Association) team based in Washington, D.C. from 1946 to 1951. The team was coached from 1946 to 1949 by NBA Hall of Famer Red Auerbach ...
of the
Basketball Association of America
The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. Following its third season, 1948–49, the BAA absorbed most of National Basketball League (NBL) and rebranded as the National Ba ...
during the
1946–47 season. Gantt played college basketball for
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
. He is a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
BAA career statistics
Regular season
Playoffs
References
External links
Duke Athletic HOF profile
1922 births
1994 deaths
American football ends
American men's basketball players
Centers (basketball)
Forwards (basketball)
Duke Blue Devils football players
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players
Duke Blue Devils men's track and field athletes
Washington Capitols players
Players of American football from Durham, North Carolina
Basketball players from Durham, North Carolina
Track and field athletes from North Carolina
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