Lennie Rosenbluth

Lennie Rosenbluth was blessed with a six-foot-five frame, a feathery touch around the rim, an unstoppable hook shot and a set of arms that seemed to unfold forever.

He also brought the Tar Heels something they hadn’t seen in 32 years and have never seen since.

Perfection.

Courtesy of the North Carolina Collection

Rosenbluth led UNC to a perfect 32-0 record in 1957 and capped it all by matching Wilt “the Stilt” Chamberlain (he of the 100-point game) basket-for-basket in the title triple-overtime victory against Kansas.

For his career, Rosenbluth averaged 26.9 points and put up 2,045 total. No other UNC player maintained a scoring average as high. He scored at least 40 points five times in his career, more than any other player in UNC history.

Rosenbluth was awarded the Helms national player of the year in both 1956 and 1957.