Bill Robinzine
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Personal information | |
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Born | Kansas City Kings | January 20, 1953
1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1980–1981 | Dallas Mavericks |
1981–1982 | Utah Jazz |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 5,541 (10.5 ppg) |
Rebounds | 3,209 (6.1 rpg) |
Assists | 560 (1.1 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
William Clintard Robinzine (January 20, 1953 – September 16, 1982) was an American professional basketball player.
Born in
NBA player profile
Robinzine was known as a tough rebounder and one of the better defensive players in the league at the
Death
In September 1982, Robinzine committed suicide in his car by carbon monoxide poisoning at a storage place in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] Robinzine, though on the outside seeming very optimistic, was not on any NBA team's roster at that time and had been distraught over not getting any new contract offers after what he felt was a year in Utah where his playing time had diminished.[1] His wife, Claudia, had said that he "couldn't reconcile not being in the NBA anymore."[1] He was also upset over financial problems that close friends as well as financial advisors had all told him were extremely manageable, despite what he had thought.[1]
See also
References
External links
- Career stats @ basketball-reference.com
- "Robinzine Found Dead" @ query.nytimes.com
- "THE MYSTERY OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF AN ATHLETE" @ nytimes.com