page_title: Bob Burrow
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Bob Burrow / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: A jersey honoring Bob Burrow hanging in Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky
context_page_description: Robert Brantley Burrow was an American basketball player.
  The son of a lumberjack, Burrow was considered the nation's No. 1 junior college player in 1954 at Lon Morris, where he scored 2,191 points.
context_section_description: Reportedly, Adolph Rupp gave Burrow a scholarship without seeing him play in person.
  He played collegiately for the University of Kentucky and was selected by the Rochester Royals in the 1956 NBA draft.
  Burrow played for the Royals (1956–57) and Minneapolis Lakers (1957–58) in the NBA for a total of 81 games.
  Burrow died on January 3, 2019 at age 84.
caption: A jersey honoring Burrow hangs in Rupp Arena.
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