LC control no. | no2009102553 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Davis, Walter, 1954-2023 |
Variant(s) | Davis, Walter, 1954- Davis, Sweet D, 1954-2023 Sweet D, 1954-2023 |
Place of birth | Pineville (N.C.) |
Place of death | Charlotte (N.C.) |
Field of activity | Basketball |
Affiliation | North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball team) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phoenix Suns (Basketball team) |
Profession or occupation | Basketball players |
Found in | It's whoooosh! boom! whoop! time, 1978: p. 14 (Walter (Sweet D) Davis) Basketball biographies, c1991 (Walter Davis; b. 1954; player for the Phoenix Suns) Wikipedia, Nov. 14, 2023 (Walter Davis (basketball); Walter Pearl Davis; b. Sept. 9, 1954 in Pineville, NC; d. Nov. 2, 2023 in Charlotte, NC; American basketball player; after his college years with the North Carolina Tar Heels (1973-1977), he played professionally as a forward/guard for 15 years in the NBA, spending the majority of his career with the Phoenix Suns; was called "Sweet D" because of his seemingly effortless, smooth style of play and because of his strong defensive play) |