PHOENIX -- Hot Rod Hundley, the former NBA player who broadcast Jazz games in New Orleans and Utah for 35 years, died Friday. He was 80. The Jazz said Hundley died at his home in the Phoenix area.

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The inimitable "Hot Rod" Hundley died last week at age 80. He will be remembered as a great announcer, even though he was also an All-American basketball player. He messed it up after just six years ...

Hot Rod Hundley was a two-time All-American at West Virginia. He was the first player selected in the 1957 NBA draft and was twice an All-Star during his six-year career with the Lakers in Minneapolis ...

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"When anyone says 'Hot Rod' most of us West Virginians think of 'Hot Rod' Hundley the West Virginia Mountaineer All Star Basketball player. He played many years in the NBA and is in the NBA Announcers ...