21 Facts About Al Bunge

Allan J Bunge is a former National Basketball Association first round draft pick of the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1960 NBA draft.

Al Bunge's career was interrupted, and his entire life impacted, by flareups of ulcerative colitis that was discovered during his freshman year at Maryland.

Al Bunge was high school teammates with future Wake Forest Hall of Fame inductee Dave Wiedeman.

Al Bunge had ties to all three major sports at Maryland.

Al Bunge was recruited to play football for Jim Tatum at Maryland, but did not play football.

Al Bunge was initially a two-sport athlete at Maryland, as he pitched on the 1958 Maryland baseball team, along with his basketball role.

In basketball, Al Bunge averaged a double-double of 12.4 points and 10.6 rebounds over his 75-game Maryland basketball career.

Al Bunge was immediately hospitalized after the Terrapins' loss to Temple, missing the pep rally held for the Terrapins, and his weight had fallen to well under 200 pounds.

Al Bunge suffered from ulcerative colitis that was first discovered during his freshman year at Maryland, and he had lost 55 pounds at that time.

On January 4,1960, Al Bunge scored 43 points vs Yale, a school record that stood until Ernie Graham scored 44 against North Carolina State in 1978.

Al Bunge received an invitation to the 1960 US Olympic Trials for basketball.

Al Bunge did not make the team, which, led by Robertson, won the gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games.

For many college graduates, AAU basketball, aligned with a job and insurance, was the better option and Al Bunge took this route.

Al Bunge was married to Barbara and resided in the Bartlesville, Oklahoma area for many years.

Al Bunge worked for Phillips Petroleum for over 30 years, after working and playing for their AAU team, the Phillips 66ers.

Al Bunge was a youth league softball coach for many years.

Tracy Al Bunge was inducted to both the Kansas University Athletics Hall of Fame and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame and had her number retired at Kansas University.

Tracy Al Bunge was a longtime Head Coach of the University of Kansas Softball program.

Al Bunge died on November 26,2019, at the age of 82.

In 2009, Al Bunge was honored as a 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament Legend, joining 10 other former ACC basketball players and one coach representing the Legends.

On October 21,2016, Al Bunge was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame.