Q:Facts: - death place: yountville , california - highschool: lowell -lrb- san francisco , california -rrb- - number: 8 - position: forward / center - height in: 3 - death date: march 1987 -lrb- aged 67 -rrb- - college: stanford -lrb- 1940 -- 1942 -rrb- - height ft: 6 - birth date: june 1 , 1919 - name: don burness - nationality: american - birth place: san francisco , california Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of don burness .
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donald s. burness -lrb- june 1 , 1919 -- march 1987 -rrb- was an all-american basketball player at stanford university .