Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Andy Duncan

Andrew Myron "Stretch" Duncan


Born:
April 17, 1922
Burford, GA

Died:
April 12, 2006
Smyth County, VA



Career
1945-46 Kearns Eagles - Idaho (Military)
1945-46 Salt Lake City Deseret Simplots  (AAU)
1946-47 Salt Lake City Deseret Simplots (AAU)
University of Kentucky (College) ??
William and Mary (College) ??
1947-48 Rochester Royals (NBL)
1948-49 Rochester Royals (BAA)
1949-50 Rochester Royals (NBA)
1950-51 Boston Celtics (NBA)

No one named Duncan appears on the list of letterwinners at Wm and Mary, but many encyclopedias indicate he went there. He is also mentioned as playing one season at UK.


Source:
Deseret News, November 8, 1946
Carol Daily Times Herald (Carrol, Iowa), January 9, 1947
Wilkes-Barre Record, October 13, 1949
Grave

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/d/duncaan01n.html
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duncaan01.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=duncaan01

3 comments:

  1. Andy Duncan lived in Marion, Virginia at the time of his death.

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  2. Hello! Do you have copies of or links to any of the newspaper articles saying Duncan attended William & Mary? I have had no luck finding them.

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    1. I clarified that part up. It was only some basketball biographies that said William and Mary, like the links listed under STATS

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