Basketball Hall of Fame
 
John Bunn Award

The John Bunn Award is named for the first chairman of the Basketball Hall of Fame Committee (1949-69). The award, instituted by the Basketball Hall's Board of Trustees, annually honors an international or national figure who has contributed greatly to the game of basketball. Outside of Enshrinement, the John Bunn Award is the most prestigious award presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame.

1973John Bunn 1990Pat Head Summitt
1974John Wooden 1991Morgan B. Wootten
1975J. Walter Kennedy 1992Will Robinson
1976Henry P. Iba 1993Joe Vancisin
1977Clifford B. Fagan 1994William Wall
1978Curt Gowdy 1995Pete Carlesimo
1979Eddie Gottlieb 1996Vic Bubas
1980Arnold "Red" Auerbach 1997C.M. Newton
1981Ray Meyer 1998Tex Winter
1982Daniel Biasone 1999The Harlem Globetrotters
1983Robert J. Cousy 2000Meadowlark Lemon
1984Lawrence F. O'Brien 2001Tom Jernstedt
1985Lee Williams 2002Harvey Pollack
1986Grady W. Lewis 2003Joe O'Brien
1987David R. Gavitt 2004Zelda Spoelstra
1988Haskell Hillyard 2005Marty Blake
1989George E. Killian 2006Betty Jaynes

Basketball Hall of Fame
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