He joined the United States Army and served at Fort Bliss, where he became a first lieutenant. After his military service he co-founded the trucking company E&S Contract Carrier which he worked for up until his retirement in 2006. Speight died of cancer on March 1, 2007.[1]
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^ ab. NCSU Alumni Association. RichmondWolfpack.com. March 3, 2007. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
^ abcPeeler, Tim (2007). . gopack.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
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bobby, speight, robert, wilton, speight, october, 1930, march, 2007, american, college, basketball, player, businessman, speight, with, phillips, 66ers, personal, informationborn, 1930, october, 1930diedmarch, 2007, 2007, aged, richmond, virginia, nationalitya. Robert Wilton Speight Sr October 7 1930 March 1 2007 was an American college basketball player and businessman Bobby SpeightSpeight with the Phillips 66ers Personal informationBorn 1930 10 07 October 7 1930DiedMarch 1 2007 2007 03 01 aged 76 Richmond Virginia U S NationalityAmericanListed height6 ft 7 in 2 01 m Listed weight185 lb 84 kg Career informationCollegeNC State 1950 1953 NBA draft1953 undraftedPositionForwardNumber80Career highlights and awardsSecond team All American Collier s 1953 Third team All American AP 1953 2 All SoCon 1952 1953 No 80 jersey honored by NC State WolfpackStats at Basketball Reference com A native of Raleigh North Carolina Speight played college basketball at NC State 1 He played 1950 51 to 1952 53 under the future Hall of Famer Everett Case 2 During Speight s three year varsity career he scored 1 430 points and grabbed 1 057 rebounds and his rebound total still ranks fourth all time 2 He was named an NCAA All American in his senior year and was then drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1953 NBA draft although he ultimately never played a game in the league 2 For two years after college Speight played basketball for the Phillips 66ers of the Amateur Athletic Union AAU which was then an alternative to the National Basketball Association NBA He joined the United States Army and served at Fort Bliss where he became a first lieutenant After his military service he co founded the trucking company E amp S Contract Carrier which he worked for up until his retirement in 2006 Speight died of cancer on March 1 2007 1 References edit a b Bobby Speight Sr 1930 2007 NCSU Alumni Association RichmondWolfpack com March 3 2007 Archived from the original on July 15 2011 Retrieved September 30 2010 a b c Peeler Tim 2007 NC State Legend Bobby Speight 76 Passes Away gopack com CBS Interactive Archived from the original on March 5 2012 Retrieved September 30 2010 nbsp This biographical article relating to a United States basketball player coach or other figure born in the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bobby Speight amp oldid 1195779278, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
