Dave DeBusschere

United States

Basketball

B: October 16, 1940
D: May 14, 2003

Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Debusschere was a graduate of the University of Detroit and was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 1962 as a territorial draft pick. An eight-time N.B.A. All-Star and six-time All-Defensive First Team, DeBusschere played his career with the Detroit Pistons and the New York Knicks. He was a player-coach for the Pistons for three years, a move the Pistons made to end his baseball career. He later was an important part of the Knicks championship teams of 1969-'70 and 1972-'73. Following his playing career, DeBusschere served as commissioner of the A.B.A. and later in the Knicks front office. In his baseball career for the Chicago White Sox, DeBusschere was 3-4 in 36 games in 1962 and '63 with a 2.90 E.R.A. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983. DeBusschere died of a heart attack in 2003 at the age of 62.

SUPERSTARS RECORD

EVENT	PLACE	POINTS	MONEY	EVENT WINS
1976 Preliminary 2	4	30 1/2	$3,050	Bike Race
1976 Final	8	12	$3,600	Baseball Hit
TOTALS		42 1/2	$6,650	2

PERSONAL BESTS

Tennis	3rd	1976 Preliminary 2
Swimming - 100 Meters	2:55.0	1976 Preliminary 2
Weight Lifting	140	1976 Preliminary 2
Rowing	42.02	1976 Preliminary 2
Bowling	108	1976 Final
Baseball Hit	23	1976 Final
Bike Race - Mile	2:41.62	1976 Preliminary 2
Half Mile Run	2:25.32	1976 Final
Obstacle Course	44.9	1976 Final
Points Scored	30 1/2	1976 Preliminary 2

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