Basketball players buried in Texas
Wikidata records 19 basketball players as buried in 17 of the cemeteries we list in Texas. Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso holds the most, with 2. Texas has the 8th highest count of any state, out of 543 nationally.
People with basketball player among their recorded occupations.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Basketball players buried in Texas
- Goose Tatum1921-1967African American professional basketball and baseball player; Negro League Baseball playerFort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, TX
- Warren Switzer1925-1972American basketball playerWoodlawn Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Mike Brumbelow1906-1977American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, college athletics administratorFort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, TX
- Clyde Littlefield1892-1981American football player and coachAustin Memorial Park Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Rusty Russell1895-1983American football player and coachSparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
- Ben Gardner1919-1985American basketball playerWeldon Cemetery, Trinity, TX
- Greer Skousen1916-1988Mexican basketball playerFort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Byron Rhome1906-1992American sports coach and college athletics administratorLaurel Land Memorial Park, Duncanville, TX
- Glenn Duggins1925-1997College basketball player (1949-1951) UtahRestland Memorial Park, Richardson, TX
- Jack Thornton1914-2007Basketball playerMount Olivet Cemetery, Haltom City, TX
- Slater Martin1925-2012American basketball player and coachMemorial Oaks Cemetery, Mission Bend, TX
- Glenn McDuffie1927-2014American basketball playerDallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, TX
- Moses Malone1955-2015American basketball playerMemorial Oaks Cemetery, Mission Bend, TX
- Bill Menefee1921-2016American basketball player and coachWaco Memorial Park, Robinson, TX
- Dwight Jones1952-2016American basketball playerParadise North Cemetery, Jersey Village, TX
- Denton Cooley1920-2016American heart surgeonGlenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Ernest Hawkins1926-2018American football coachRosemound Cemetery, Commerce, TX
- J. L. Parks1927-2018American basketball playerHouston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Elwood Plummer1944-2023American basketball coachEastview Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1960s1
- 1970s2
- 1980s4
- 1990s2
- 2000s1
- 2010s8
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 19 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Fort Bliss National Cemetery · El Paso, TX2
- Memorial Oaks Cemetery · Mission Bend, TX2
- Glenwood Cemetery · Houston, TX1
- Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery · Dallas, TX1
- Houston National Cemetery · Houston, TX1
- Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery · San Antonio, TX1
- Austin Memorial Park Cemetery · Austin, TX1
- Waco Memorial Park · Robinson, TX1
- Paradise North Cemetery · Jersey Village, TX1
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Houston, TX1
- Rosemound Cemetery · Commerce, TX1
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Haltom City, TX1
- Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park · Dallas, TX1
- Restland Memorial Park · Richardson, TX1
- Laurel Land Memorial Park · Duncanville, TX1
- Eastview Cemetery · San Antonio, TX1
- Weldon Cemetery · Trinity, TX1
Other notable burials in Texas
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.