Lenny Rosenbluth, the big star of UNC’s 1957 team that beat Wilt Chamberlin to win the NCAA championship, died yesterday.
Len Bias, one of the more talented players in ACC history, died on this date in 1986, just after having been selected first in the NBA draft. That is easily the most shocking event in the history of the ACC. Lefty Drisell got fired even though he had no blame. You can even draw an indirect line between Bias’ death and Maryland’s departure from the ACC. Bias’ death certainly had a terrible effect on the Maryland athletic department for many years.
Somewhere on another thread there was a short discussion of great Jewish basketball players. Rosenbluth, even though his best days were his college days at UNC, certainly belongs on that list.
Whoever had the idea to create the documentary about the ACC tournament deserves additional kudos. They captured some great interviews with Rosenbluth and other great historical figures from the early years of the ACC.
Yep. Carroll, Sampson, Olajuwon, Ewing, Daugherty, Robinson, and Ellison were all #1s in the 80s.
Malone, Parish, Ewing, Olajuwon, Robinson, and Abdul-Jabbar were Hall of Famers.
And then guys like Gilmore, Sikma, Willis, Cartwright, Laimbeer, Gminski, Carroll, Bowie, Duckworth, Edwards, Benjamin, and Dawkins were pretty darn solid. Tough era to be lacking at C.