Lennie Rosenbluth, the All-America forward who led a North Carolina team to an unbeaten season and a thrilling victory over Wilt Chamberlain’s Kansas squad in the 1957 NCAA basketball tournament championship game, died on June 18. He was 89.

Rosenbluth, at 6 feet 5 inches, averaged 28 points per game in the 1956-57 season and beat out Chamberlain for the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year award. His Tar Heels went 32-0 and capped their season with a 54-53 triple-overtime victory over Kansas, with Rosenbluth scoring 20 points before fouling out late in regulation. Chamberlain was held to 23 points after averaging 30 during the regular season.

After graduating from North Carolina and playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, Rosenbluth taught American history and coached basketball at a high school in Wilson, NC.

He was inducted into the International Jewish sports Hall of Fame in Israel, and the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in Commack, NY.