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Danny Rumph

1985 – 2005

College basketball player (2003–2005) Western Kentucky

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Lived 1985 – 2005 (aged 19). Danny Rumph was a basketball player.

Danny Rumph (15 July 1983 – 8 May 2005) was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for Western Kentucky.

High school Rumph attended Parkway Center City Middle College where he played basketball for two seasons and averaged 22.1 points during his senior season in 2000–2001. The following year, he attended Maine Central Institute, a preparatory school, where he averaged 18 points and 7 assists per game.

College Rumph joined Western Kentucky University in 2002. During his junior season, he started 29 of 31 games, averaging 9.1 points and 3.0 assists per game for the Hilltoppers as they went 22–9 overall and 9–5 in the Sun Belt Conference.

Death On 8 May 2005, Rumph participated in two pickup matches in a local recreation center. While walking off the court after having just made the game winning basket, Rumph collapsed to the court and was later pronounced dead at the Albert Einstein Medical Center. An autopsy determined the cause of death was cardiomyopathy, an inflammation of the heart.

The Danny Rumph Classic basketball tournament is held annually in Philadelphia in his memory.

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Who was Danny Rumph?

college basketball player (2003–2005) Western Kentucky

When was Danny Rumph born?

Danny Rumph was born on 15 July 1985.

When did Danny Rumph die?

Danny Rumph died on 8 May 2005.

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Danny Rumph was a basketball player.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Danny Rumph

· Wikidata: Q100918865

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