![]() Haldorson with the Phillips 66ers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Austin, Minnesota, U.S. | January 12, 1934|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | October 13, 2023 Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | (aged 89)|||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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High school | Austin (Austin, Minnesota) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College | Colorado (1951–1955) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1955: 4th round, 23rd overall pick | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the St. Louis Hawks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1955 | Luckett-Nix Clippers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1955–1960 | Phillips 66ers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Burdette Eliele "Burdie" Haldorson (January 12, 1934 – October 13, 2023) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. Haldorson played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes.[1][2]
Haldorson was part of the American basketball team that won the gold medal in 1956. He never played professionally, but was a member of the AAU Phillips 66ers for a number of years.[citation needed]
Four years later, in 1960, he won his second gold medal as part of the American team.[3] He was inducted into the Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor during the 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament, March 10, 2012.[4]
Haldorson died in Colorado Springs on October 13, 2023, at the age of 89.[5]