Bruno Boin

Bruno Boin
Boin at Washington in 1959
Personal information
Bornc. 1937
Seattle, Washington
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High schoolFranklin (Seattle, Washington)
CollegeWashington (1955–1959)
NBA draft1958: 8th round, 62nd overall pick
Selected by the St. Louis Hawks
PositionCenter
Career history
1955–1956, 1957–1960Buchan Bakers
Career highlights and awards
  • Third-team All-American – NABC (1957)
  • AP honorable mention All-American (1957)
  • First-team All-PCC (1956)
  • 2× Second-team All-PCC (1957, 1959)
  • AAU national champion (1956)

Bruno Boin (born c. 1937) is an American former basketball player known for his college career at the University of Washington in the 1950s.[1] He was an NCAA All-American in 1957 as well as a first-team all-Pacific Coast Conference choice in 1958.[1]

A native of Seattle, Washington, Boin starred at Franklin High School, guiding his team to a state championship as a junior in 1954 before embarking on his college career.[2] In Boin's three seasons as a Washington Husky he scored 1,336 points, was twice a team captain, and earned numerous all-conference and all-district honors.[1][2] He dropped out of school before the start of the 1957–58 season in order to preserve his NCAA eligibility; the school had been caught violating recruiting regulations the year before and were going to be placed in a one-year postseason ban.[3] However he returned to graduate and later went on to post graduate work at UCLA. During his collegiate career he played for the Amateur Athletic Union's Buchan Bakers and won an AAU national championship with them during the 1955–56 season.[4] He was selected in the NBA draft in both 1958 (St. Louis Hawks)[5] and 1959 (Detroit Pistons)[6] but never played in the league due to a bad back.[2]

Boin went into the actuarial business for 33 years and retired in 1998.[2] As of February 2005 he was splitting his time in retirement between Whidbey Island and Palm Desert, California.[2] He was inducted into the University of Washington's Hall of Fame in 1992 and named to their All-Century Team in 2002.[1]

Boin is married to Sheila Dolan Boin and they have three children: Patrick Christopher Boin (born 1965), Mari Boin (born 1968), and Leslie Madelon Boin (born 1969).

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bruno Boin Profile". Hall of Fame. University of Washington. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e Glass, Gregg (February 22, 2005). "Flashback: Life "great" for Franklin state champ Boin". Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Company. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "Bruno Boin Drops School To Save Hoop Eligibility". Eugene Register-Guard. November 1, 1957. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  4. ^ "Buchan Bakers Players By Year". BuchanBakers.com. 2013. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  5. ^ "1958 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  6. ^ "1959 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2015.