Don Sunderlage

Don Sunderlage

No. 11, 18
Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth	December 20, 1929(1929-12-20)
Place of birth	Roselle, Illinois
Nationality	American
Date of death	July 15, 1961(1961-07-15) (aged 31)
Place of death	Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
High school	Elgin (Illinois)
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College	Illinois
NBA Draft	1951 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors
Pro career	1953–1955
League	NBA
Career history
1953–1954	Milwaukee Hawks
1954–1955	Minneapolis Lakers
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Star (1954)
Career NBA statistics
Points	874 (7.7 ppg)
Rebounds	281 (2.5 rpg)
Assists	224 (2.0 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Don J. Sunderlage (December 20, 1929–July 15, 1961) was an American basketball player.

A 6'1" guard from Roselle, Illinois, Sunderlage played collegiately at the University of Illinois, earning the Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball award in 1951. From 1953 to 1955, he played in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Milwaukee Hawks and Minneapolis Lakers. He averaged 7.7 points per game in his career and represented the Hawks at the 1954 NBA All-Star Game.^[1]

On July 15, 1961, Sunderlage died following a car accident in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sundedo01.html. Retrieved 6 June 2007.
2. ^ http://www.apbr.org/deceased.html. Retrieved 6 June 2007.

Persondata
Name	Sunderlage, Don
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1929-12-20
Place of birth	Roselle, Illinois
Date of death	1961-07-15
Place of death	Lake Geneva, Wisconsin