Dick Bunt

{{Short description|American basketball player (1929–2021)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

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| name = Dick Bunt

| image =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 170

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|7|13}}

| birth_place = Queens, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|2|10|1929|7|13}}

| death_place = Purdys, New York

| high_school = Bayside (Queens, New York)

| college = NYU (1949–1952)

| draft_year = 1952

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 25

| draft_team = New York Knicks

| career_start = 1952

| career_end = 1953

| career_number = 9

| career_position = Point guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1952|start}}

| team1 = New York Knicks

| years2 = 1952

| team2 = Manchester British-Americans

| years3 = {{nbay|1952|full=y}}

| team3 = Baltimore Bullets

| coach_start = 1955

| coach_end = 1959

| cyears1 = 1955–1956

| cteam1 = Richmond Hill HS

| cyears2 = 1956–1959

| cteam2 = Bryant HS

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Richard J. Bunt (July 13, 1929 – February 10, 2021) was an American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 1952–53 season.

He played collegiately for New York University and was selected by the New York Knicks in the 1952 NBA draft.

Bunt played for the Knicks and Baltimore Bullets in the NBA for 26 games. After he finished his NBA career, he was a physical education teacher at William C. Bryant High School in Astoria, Queens, New York.

Bunt died on February 10, 2021, at age 91, in Purdys, New York.{{cite news|title=Richard Bunt obituary|url=https://obits.lohud.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=richard-j-bunt&pid=197777269&fhid=21951|website=lohud.com|access-date=February 23, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}