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Bing, Dave, 1943-

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Personal name headingBing, Dave, 1943-
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date19431124
Place of birthWashington (D.C.)
AffiliationSyracuse University Detroit Pistons (Basketball team) Boston Celtics (Basketball team) National Basketball Association
Bing Steel (Firm) Bing Group (Firm)
Profession or occupationBasketball players Businesspeople
Found inSchleichert, E. Dave Bing, c1995: CIP t.p. (Dave Bing) galley (Hall of Fame pro basketball player; b. 11/29/43)
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century, accessed December 17, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bing, David; basketball player, Hall of Fame athlete, entrepreneur, civic leader; born 24 November 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; attended Syracuse University and was named an All-American (1966); drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) draft (1966), earning the NBA's Rookie of the Year award; the second season lead the NBA in scoring; traded to the Washington Bullets (1975), made the 1976 All-Star team; spent one year with the Boston Celtics, retired in 1977-78; formed Bing Steel, and by the 1990s, the Bing Group became one of the largest black-owned industrial corporations in the nation; honors include the Schick Achievement Award for post-basketball success (1990), the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and one of the Fifty Greatest Players in NBA history (1996))