page_title: Walt Torrence
hierarchical_section_title: Walt Torrence
caption_attribution_description: English: Walt Torrence with the UCLA Bruins
context_page_description: Walter Alexander Torrence was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He earned all-conference honors in the Pacific Coast Conference as a junior, and was named an All-American as a senior in 1959. After college, Torrence joined the United States Army. He was one of five Army members on the US national basketball team which won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1963.
context_section_description: Walter Alexander Torrence (July 31, 1937 – September 20, 1969) was an American basketball player.  He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He earned all-conference honors in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) as a junior, and was named an All-American as a senior in 1959. After college, Torrence joined the United States Army. He was one of five Army members on the US national basketball team which won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1963.
caption: Torrence with UCLA, c. 1959
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