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Neal Eugene Walk (born July 29, 1948) is a former American college and professional basketball player who was a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for seven seasons during the late 1960s and 1970s. Walk played college basketball for the University of Florida, and still remains the Florida Gators' all-time rebounds leader. The Phoenix Suns picked Walk in the first round of the 1969 NBA Draft, and he played professionally for the Suns, the New Orleans Jazz, and the New York Knicks of the NBA.

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Neal Walk
No. 41
Center
Personal information
Born (1948-07-29) July 29, 1948 (age 64)
Cleveland, Ohio
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Miami Beach
(Miami Beach, Florida)
College Florida (1966–1969)
NBA Draft 1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Pro playing career 1969–1978
Career history
1969–1974 Phoenix Suns
1974–1975 New Orleans Jazz
1975–1976 New York Knicks
1977–1978 Reyer Venezia Mestre (Italy)
Career NBA statistics
Points 7,157 (12.6 ppg)
Rebounds 4,392 (7.7 rpg)
Assists 1,214 (2.1 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Neal Eugene Walk (born July 29, 1948) is a former American college and professional basketball player who was a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for seven seasons during the late 1960s and 1970s. Walk played college basketball for the University of Florida, and still remains the Florida Gators' all-time rebounds leader. The Phoenix Suns picked Walk in the first round of the 1969 NBA Draft, and he played professionally for the Suns, the New Orleans Jazz, and the New York Knicks of the NBA.

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Early life[edit]

Walk was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and moved to Miami Beach, Florida, with his parents at the age of 6. He attended Miami Beach High School, and played high school basketball for the Miami Beach Hi-Tides.

College career[edit]

Walk received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Tommy Bartlett's Florida Gators men's basketball team for three seasons from 1966 to 1969. As a senior team captain, he led the Gators to the 1969 National Invitation Tournament—their first-ever post-season tournament. When Walk graduated from Florida, he was the Gators' all-time leading scorer, and still maintains the records for career rebounds (1,181), average points per game (20.8), and rebounds in a single game (31), among others. His jersey number (#41) remains the only number to be retired by the Florida basketball program.[1]

Professional career[edit]

Walk was drafted in the first round (second pick overall) of the 1969 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns, after they lost a coin toss with the Milwaukee Bucks for the number one pick, which turned out to be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.[2]

He played for the Suns from 1969 to 1974, was traded to the then New Orleans Jazz, and subsequently traded to the New York Knicks, where he played for two seasons. Afterward, he went to play in Venice, Italy, then in Israel with Hapoel Ramat Gan.

Life after the NBA[edit]

In 1988 it was discovered that he had a benign tumor enveloping his spine. Following surgery Walk was left in a wheelchair, from which he played wheelchair basketball for the L.A.-Phoenix Samaritans in the Southern California league of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association.[2] In 1990 Walk was honored at the White House by U.S. President George H. W. Bush, as the "Wheelchair Athlete of The Year."

He later worked for the Phoenix Suns in the Community Affairs department.

Walk is in the Miami Beach Senior High School Hall of Fame, a "Gator Great" in the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame,[3] and the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

See also[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=6296
  2. ^ a b AJHS honors state's Jewish athletes, January 5, 2001
  3. ^ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved May 28, 2010.

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