height_ft statvalue nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick college statlabel name career_position high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end draft_round letter career_number height_in bbr article_title
6 1,558 -rrb- 231 -lrb- 0.7 apg -rrb- -lrb- 4.8 ppg -rrb- 1,397 -lrb- 4.3 rpg american 05 january 1931 1953 1953 -- 1958 1958 1952 philadelphia warriors st. louis hawks 13 texas a & m -lrb- 1949 -- 1952 -rrb- points rebounds assists walt davis forward / center nederland -lrb- nederland , texas -rrb- 205 beaumont , texas philadelphia warriors 1958 2 d 12 8 daviswa01 walt davis

walt davis

walter francis `` walt '' davis -lrb- born january 5 , 1931 -rrb- is an olympic gold medalist in the high jump , and later basketball player , from the united states .
he was born in beaumont , texas .
despite contracting polio at age nine and being unable to walk for three years , davis had a standout athletic career at texas a&m university and later won olympic gold in the 1952 summer olympics in helsinki , finland , with a leap of .
the philadelphia warriors selected the davis in the second round of the 1952 nba draft .
he spent five seasons with the warriors and st. louis hawks , averaging 4.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game .
