Jerry Vayda
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Jerry Vayda is a retired American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player.

A 6'4" forward who played collegiately at University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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As a member of US Air Force he represented the USA national basketball team at the 1954 FIBA World Championship
1954 FIBA World Championship
The 1954 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 22 to November 5, 1954...

. Jerry Vayda scored 162 points (18.0 avg) during the tournament.

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