2001 in Basketball - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 7 — Ken Durrett, former NBA player and All-American at La Salle University (born 1948)
  • January 26 — Al McGuire, Hall of Fame coach at Marquette and famed college basketball announcer (born 1928)
  • February 19 — Guy Rodgers, Hall of Fame player for the Philadelphia and San Francisco Warriors (born 1935)
  • February 20 — Harry Boykoff, former St. John's and early NBA player (born 1922)
  • April 29 — Andy Phillip, Hall of Fame NBA player (born 1922)
  • May 15 — Ralph Miller, Hall of Fame college coach at Wichita State, Iowa and Oregon State (born 1919)
  • June 26 — George Senesky, NBA player and coach for the Philadelphia Warriors (born 1922)
  • August 1 — Dwight Eddleman, All-American at Illinois and two-time NBA All-Star (born 1922)
  • September 14 — George Ireland, coach of the 1963 NCAA national champion Loyola Ramblers (born 1913)
  • October 20 — Nebojša Popović, Serbian player, coach and administrator and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1923)
  • November 18 — Renato Righetto, Brazilian referee and FIBA Hall of Fame member (born 1921)
  • November 23 — Gus Broberg, two-time All-American forward at Dartmouth College (born 1920)
  • December 8 — Mirza Delibašić, FIBA Hall of Fame player from Bosnia and 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist (born 1954)

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