Don Gunhus

[vlarson]

Sad to report that 1989 UND Hall of Fame inductee and basketball star Don Gunhus passed away on Christmas Day.  He was a native of Park River and was a day shy of 69.  He played for UND from 1971-75.

 

[The Sicatoka]

Don Gunhus was a great optometrist, a friendly nice guy, and an easy to talk to acquaintance. 

Condolences to his friends and family. 

[The Sicatoka]

Hall of Fame - 1989 Inductees

Don W. Gunhus (BB 1972-75)
Gunhus ranked ninth on UND's basketball scoring list with over 1, 096 career points. He was a four-year letterwinner, 1971-75, averaging 10.9 points and 5.1 rebounds during his career. Gunhus led UND to two North Central Conference championships in 1974 and 1975, named to the All-NCC first team in 1973-74 and was the Most Valuable Player for the Fighting Sioux and served as team captain his senior year in 1974-75. In the three seasons he started as a Sioux forward he showed remarkable consistency of effort.

[UND Fan]

5 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Hall of Fame - 1989 Inductees

Don W. Gunhus (BB 1972-75)
Gunhus ranked ninth on UND's basketball scoring list with over 1, 096 career points. He was a four-year letterwinner, 1971-75, averaging 10.9 points and 5.1 rebounds during his career. Gunhus led UND to two North Central Conference championships in 1974 and 1975, named to the All-NCC first team in 1973-74 and was the Most Valuable Player for the Fighting Sioux and served as team captain his senior year in 1974-75. In the three seasons he started as a Sioux forward he showed remarkable consistency of effort.

For those of you who didn’t see Gunhus play, he often wasn’t the most talented player on the floor but he was one of the hardest working and smartest players in the league. Plus, he was a great guy!

[Esoteric]

On 12/28/2022 at 7:14 AM, The Sicatoka said:

Hall of Fame - 1989 Inductees

Don W. Gunhus (BB 1972-75)
Gunhus ranked ninth on UND's basketball scoring list with over 1, 096 career points. He was a four-year letterwinner, 1971-75, averaging 10.9 points and 5.1 rebounds during his career. Gunhus led UND to two North Central Conference championships in 1974 and 1975, named to the All-NCC first team in 1973-74 and was the Most Valuable Player for the Fighting Sioux and served as team captain his senior year in 1974-75. In the three seasons he started as a Sioux forward he showed remarkable consistency of effort.

Fun to watch play.  Sad to hear he is gone.  

[The Sicatoka]

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/26760220/don-w-gunhus/broomfield/colorado/in-memoriam 

[ND-fan]

I agree he was fun to watch play and for me i miss that style of basketball not the game we play today. He shined in that system because he played game so intelligently and they most of the time took high percentage shot and they played good defense.