18 Facts About Waite Bellamy

Waite Bellamy was named as the league's Most Valuable Player in 1970.

Waite Bellamy worked as a teacher and basketball coach at high schools in Florida after his playing retirement.

Waite Bellamy served as captain of the football team, where he played as a center and tackle.

Waite Bellamy did not receive any scholarships from major Southern colleges as they did not offer them to black players at the time.

Waite Bellamy tallied 1,600 points and was a three-time All-SIAC selection from 1961 to 1963.

Waite Bellamy was selected by the St Louis Hawks in the 4th round of the 1963 NBA draft.

Waite Bellamy only attended the first day of summer camp with the Hawks when they discovered that he had a fractured foot; Bellamy had tried to conceal the injury because he feared he could not otherwise participate.

Waite Bellamy spent one day in Scranton, Pennsylvania, when he was approached by Bill Kauffman who was organizing a new EPBL team called the Wilmington Blue Bombers and recruited Waite Bellamy to join.

Waite Bellamy was awarded as the EPBL Most Valuable Player in 1970 and earned three selections to the All-EPBL team.

Waite Bellamy won two championships with the Blue Bombers in 1966 and 1967.

Waite Bellamy earned invitations to National Basketball Association training camps with the Philadelphia 76ers, Baltimore Bullets and New York Knicks during his EPBL career.

Waite Bellamy had "shook off" his ambitions of playing in the NBA by 1969 yet did not know why he never made an NBA team.

Waite Bellamy was the star of the league, the best shooter in the league.

Waite Bellamy worked as a mathematics teacher and coached basketball and football in the Sarasota County high school system for 16 years.

Waite Bellamy started at Sarasota High School and then moved to Booker High School where he worked until his retirement in May 2001.

Waite Bellamy was inducted in the National Negro High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches Court of Legends in 2016.

Waite Bellamy was presented with his 1970 EBL MVP trophy for the first time while he received chants of "MVP" from the crowd.

Waite Bellamy has two sons who played basketball at Sarasota High School.