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The following are the
basketball events of the year
1983 throughout the world.
- May 20 —
Clair Bee, American Hall of Fame college coach (
Long Island) (born 1896)
- June 6 —
Curly Armstrong, American NBA player (
Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1918)
- June 19 —
Dave Quabius, American
NBL player (
Sheboygan Red Skins,
Oshkosh All-Stars) (born 1916)
- July 12 —
Donald White, All-American player (
Purdue) and college coach (
Washington University,
Connecticut,
Rutgers) (born 1898)
- July 15 —
Gary Bradds, American NBA/ABA player, college
All-American at
Ohio State (born 1942)
- December 4 —
Bruce Drake, American Hall of Fame college coach (
Oklahoma Sooners) (born 1905)
- December 21 —
Mark Workman, All-American college player (
West Virginia) and NBA player (born 1930)