Robert Brantley Burrow (June 29, 1934 – January 3, 2019) was an American basketball player.\n', 'The son of a lumberjack, Burrow was considered the nation\'s No. 1 junior college player in 1954 at Lon Morris, where he scored 2,191 points.\n', '

Reportedly, Adolph Rupp gave Burrow a scholarship without seeing him play in person.\n', 'He played collegiately for the University of Kentucky and was selected by the Rochester Royals in the 1956 NBA draft.\n', '

Burrow played for the Royals (1956–57) and Minneapolis Lakers (1957–58) in the NBA for a total of 81 games.\n', '

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