# Dick Bunt

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**Richard J. Bunt** (July 13, 1929 – February 10, 2021) was an American [basketball](/source/Basketball) player who played in the [National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) (NBA) during the 1952–53 season.

He played collegiately for [New York University](/source/New_York_University) and was selected by the [New York Knicks](/source/New_York_Knicks) in the [1952 NBA draft](/source/1952_NBA_draft).

Bunt played for the Knicks and [Baltimore Bullets](/source/Baltimore_Bullets_(1944%E2%80%931954)) in the NBA for 26 games. After he finished his NBA career, he was a physical education teacher at William C. Bryant High School in [Astoria, Queens](/source/Astoria,_Queens), New York.

Bunt died on February 10, 2021, at age 91, in [Purdys, New York](/source/Purdys,_New_York).[1]

## Career statistics

### NBA

Source[2]

#### Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG New York 14 10.4 .226 .680 .9 .7 2.9 Baltimore 12 10.4 .327 .739 1.3 .6 4.3 Career 26 10.4 .276 .708 1.1 .7 3.5

### Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 1953 Baltimore 1 1.0 – – .0 .0 .0

## References

1. ["Richard Bunt obituary"](https://obits.lohud.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=richard-j-bunt&pid=197777269&fhid=21951). *lohud.com*. Retrieved February 23, 2021.[dead link]

1. ["Dick Bunt NBA stats"](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/buntdi01.html). *[Basketball Reference](/source/Basketball_Reference)*. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

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