Lennie Rosenbluth Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Lennie Rosenbluth | | Hometown: | The Bronx, NY | | High School: | Staunton Military Academy | | Born: | January 22, 1933 | | Died: | June 18, 2022 | | Height/Weight: | 6-5, 190 | | Position: | Forward | | Notes: | 1957 National Champion, ACC Basketball POY, Retired #10 UNC Jersey | | Related: | Hilliard Greene | Ed Sutton | Paul Likins | Willis Henderson |
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Tar Heel Firsts: UNC’s first ACC Basketball Tournament titleIn the opening round of the 1957 ACC Basketball Tournament, UNC beat Clemson, 81-61, as Lennie Rosenbluth scored 45 points. UNC escaped Wake Forest in...
Sun Aug 18, 2019
Tar Heel Firsts: UNC’s first basketball titleNorth Carolina men’s basketball’s first NCAA Tournament title was in 1957. The Lennie Rosenbluth-led team went a perfect 32-0. They won consecutive triple overtimes games...
Sat Aug 3, 2019
Greatest former UNC athlete by state (New York): Lennie Rosenbluth
Lennie Rosenbluth's 1957 Tar Heels went 32-0 and defeated Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas for the national championship in triple-overtime. Rosenbluth was National Player of the...
Sun Jun 2, 2019
Lennie Rosenbluth promotes awareness on osteoarthritis
Lennie Rosenbluth was never afraid of big games. But now, at 87, the Chapel Hill resident’s knees are not a fan of big stadiums. “I...
Fri May 17, 2019
The return of a legend, Lennie Rosenbluth
Sixty-two years after being a part of the second , and last, unbeaten men’s basketball team at UNC, Lennie Rosenbluth will tell anyone who cares...
Wed May 8, 2019