Peter Joseph Brennan (September 23, 1936 – June 8, 2012) was an American
basketball
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player. He played one season in the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) for the
New York Knicks.
Early life
Brennan was born in
Brooklyn
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,
New York. He played collegiately for the
University of North Carolina
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, where he was chosen
ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year in the 1957–58 season.
Career
He was selected by the
New York Knicks in the first round (4th pick overall) of the
1958 NBA draft
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. He played for the Knicks (1958–59) in the
NBA for 16 games.
Honors
He was inducted into the
North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
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in 2007.
Death
Brennan died of prostate cancer on June 8, 2012, in Durham, North Carolina.
Pete Brennan, Tar Heel Legend, Dies At 75
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1936 births
2012 deaths
All-American college men's basketball players
American men's basketball players
Deaths from cancer in North Carolina
Deaths from prostate cancer
New York Knicks draft picks
New York Knicks players
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
Small forwards
Basketball players from Brooklyn
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