Murray Wier

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Murray Wier was an American professional basketball player best known for his collegiate stardom at the University of Iowa in the 1940s and subsequent career in the early NBA.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball player
human
awardReceived consensus first-team All-American
college University of Iowa
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of Iowa
employer Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Waterloo Hawks
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Wier
fieldOfWork basketball coaching
sports
genre men's basketball
givenName Murray
hasCharacteristic college basketball star
scoring guard
languageSpoken English
league National Basketball Association
National Basketball League
mainInterest basketball
memberOfSportsTeam Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Waterloo Hawks
notableAchievement led NCAA major-college scoring
star player for the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 1940s
notableFor collegiate stardom at the University of Iowa in the 1940s
early NBA career
notableWork collegiate basketball career at the University of Iowa
occupation basketball coach
professional basketball player
school administrator
participantIn National Basketball Association
National Basketball League
partOf Iowa Hawkeyes athletics history
early history of the NBA
history of University of Iowa men's basketball
playedFor Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
positionPlayed guard
point guard
relativeNotability regional sports figure in Iowa
residence Iowa
sexOrGender male
sport basketball
sportNumberOfPlayers 5
workLocation Iowa
Midwestern United States

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