David J. "Dave" Downey is a former collegiate basketball

Basketball

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 player for the University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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 Fighting Illini

Illinois Fighting Illini

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 basketball team. He is most famous for setting the Illinois single-game scoring record with 53 points at Indiana on Feb. 16, 1963. Downey's 18.9 career scoring average ranks fourth in school history while his 11.0 career rebounding average ranks third with his 790 career rebounds ranking seventh on the career list. Downey earned the 1963 Big Ten Medal of Honor for excellence in both academics and athletics. He was drafted

1963 NBA Draft

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 into the NBA in 1963 by the San Francisco Warriors; however, he never played a game in the league. Downey was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004.

External links

• Further biography at The Downey Group, Inc.
• 1963 NBA Draft at basketball-reference.com