Ronnie Shavlik

Ronnie Shavlik

Shavlik with NC State
Personal information
Born	(1933-12-04)December 4, 1933 Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Died	June 27, 1983(1983-06-27) (aged 49) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	East (Denver, Colorado)
College	NC State (1953–1956)
NBA draft	1956: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1956–1958
Position	Forward
Number	14, 16
Career history
1956–1958	New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
Consensus first-team All-American (1956) Consensus second-team All-American (1955) ACC Player of the Year (1956) 2× First-team All-ACC (1955, 1956) No. 84 jersey honored by NC State Wolfpack
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Ronald Dean Shavlik (December 4, 1933 – June 27, 1983) was an American professional basketball player. He was an All-American center for the NC State Wolfpack in the 1950s. He later played briefly for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Shavlik established a janitorial service, Carolina Maintenance Co., as a college student in 1956.^[1][2] After his playing career, he focused on growing the business.^[2] He was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1979 and the NC State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. Shavlik was inducted into the Raleigh Hall of Fame on November 4, 2018. Shavlik died of cancer at the age of 49.^[1]

His grandson, Shavlik Randolph, played college basketball for Duke University and has played professionally in the NBA.

Source^[3]

• List of second-generation National Basketball Association players
• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 30 or more rebounds in a game
• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career rebounding leaders

• Basketball-reference.com bio

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