Richard J. Bunt (July 13, 1929 – February 10, 2021) was an American

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player who played in the

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(NBA) during the 1952–53 season. He played collegiately for

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and was selected by the New York Knicks in the

1952 NBA draft The 1952 NBA draft was the sixth annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 26, 1952, before the 1952–53 season. In this draft, ten remaining NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basket ...

. Bunt played for the Knicks and Baltimore Bullets in the NBA for 26 games. After he finished his NBA career, he was a physical education teacher at William C. Bryant High School in

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, New York. Bunt died on February 10, 2021, at age 91, in

Purdys, New York North Salem is a town in the northeastern section of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located approximately 50 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. The population of North Salem was 5,104 at the 2010 cens ...

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