Walt Bellamy Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?
Walt Bellamy was a professional basketball player. Bellamy died on November 2, 2013, in College Park, Georgia. Bellamy was born on July 24, 1939, in New Bern, North Carolina. Bellamy’s weight was 225 pounds. Bellamy’s height was 6 ft 11 in. This article takes a deep dive into Walt Bellamy’s net worth.
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Walt Bellamy Career and Earnings/Salary
In high school, Walt Bellamy played basketball for J.T. Barber(New Bern, North Carolina). Bellamy played basketball in college with Indiana Hoosiers men’s basketball (1958-1961) and started playing professionally in 1961. In the 1961 draft, Bellamy was chosen number 1 in round 1 by the Chicago Packers. Bellamy left the game of basketball in 1974.
Bellamy played for the Washington Wizards during 1961-1964. Later, Bellamy played for the New York Knicks throughout 1964 1968-, the Detroit Pistons over 1968-1969, the Atlanta Hawks during 1969 1973, and the New Orleans Jazz (NBA team) during 1974-. Some of the highlights of Walt Bellamy’s career included: 4× List of NBA All-Stars, NBA Rookie of the Year Award, Consensus second-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, First-team All-American – United States Basketball Writers Association, Second-team All-American – United Media, and Third-team All-American – United Press International.
Bellamy set a career record of 20,941 (20.1 ppg) points, 14,241 (13.7 rpg) rebounds, and 2,544 (2.4 apg) assists. Bellamy won a gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics event.
Walt Bellamy Net Worth 2018
Basketball salaries range between a couple thousand dollars and tens of millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of statistics. Although typical NBA players make a salary of almost $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover contracts are paid as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is around $100 million, although as of today nobody makes anywhere near that amount. The top players earn approximately $35 million. Outside of the NBA, salaries can dip below $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
Walt Bellamy net worth: basketball salary distribution
So what was basketball player Walt Bellamy’s net worth at the time of death? Our estimate for Walt Bellamy’s net worth at death is:
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