University of North Carolina Athletics
Rosenbluth Named To NC Sports HOF
January 5, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 5, 2012
RALEIGH - Former National Player of the Year and NCAA champion Lennie Rosenbluth of the UNC men's basketball team is among eight new members of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, the organization announced today.
The eight new members are Wilt Browning, Wray Carlton, M. L. Carr, Sam Esposito, Dr. Jerry McGee, Kristi Overton Johnson, Rosenbluth. and Henry Trevathan.
They will be enshrined at the 49th annual induction banquet on the evening of Thursday, May 10, in the main ballroom of the North Raleigh Hilton.
"The achievements of this year's class of inductees enrich our state's remarkable sports heritage, and they certainly earned the honor of joining the 281 men and women previously enshrined," said Dr. Janie Brown, president of the Hall.
Rosenbluth now lives in Chapel Hill, where in the mid-1950s he and the University of North Carolina basketball team made history with an undefeated season and a national championship victory over Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain. The New York City native led the Tar Heels in scoring in his first varsity season and still holds the school record for points in a season (895) and scoring average in a single season (28.0). He averaged 28 points a game in the 1957 NCAA Tournament and got 20 against Chamberlain's Jayhawks. He was named in 2002 to the ACC's 50th Anniversary men's team and was selected to the "All-Decade Final Four" team for the 1950s. Rosenbluth is a member of the Helms College Basketball Hall of Fame and is regarded by many as one of the 100 greatest college basketball players of all time. He is a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Banquet ticket information is available by calling (919) 845-3455.
The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1962. The permanent exhibit is located on the third floor of the North Carolina Museum of History on Jones Street in downtown Raleigh. The exhibit features significant artifacts donated by all the inductees. The museum is open Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
