Ralph Lee Sampson (born July 7 1960 in Harrisonburg, Virginia) is a retired American college and professional basketball player. He was arguably the most heavily recruited (for both college and the NBA) basketball prospect of his generation. Playing for the University of Virginia, he was one of only two male players in the history of college basketball to receive the Naismith Award as the National Player of the Year three times (Bill Walton of UCLA was the other male, … Wikipedia
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He played NCAA basketball at the Naval Academy, choosing jersey number 50 after his idol Ralph Sampson. www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org/content/view/14/17/