Education
Rosenbluth attended Staunton Military Academy in Staunton, Virginia.
Rosenbluth attended Staunton Military Academy in Staunton, Virginia.
In 1957 he led the University of North Carolina Tar Heels to a 32–0 record. At 6’ 5” Rosenbluth averaged 27.9 points and 8.6 rebounds per game during the regular season. This was North Carolina"s first National Collegiate Athletic Association national championship, and it brought credibility to the Atlantic Coast Conference.
He was named the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Male Athlete of the Year in 1957.
His first year of varsity basketball in 1955, he was the leading scorer of the Tar Heels. He was named third team All-America, averaging 25.5 ppg and 11.7 rebounds.
He again led the Tar Heels in scoring with a 26.7 average. In Rosenbluth’s senior season his Tar Heels defeated Chamberlain’s Kansas Jayhawks 54–53 in triple overtime for the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship.
The University of North Carolina forward scored 20 points in the championship final, was the tournament’s overall top scorer, 28.0 ppg, and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
North Carolina had defeated Michigan State 74-70 the previous night also in a triple overtime game. In 2002, he was named to the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination 50th Anniversary men"s basketball team as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history. He was selected to the "All-Decade Final Four" team for the 1950s.
He is in the Helms College Basketball Hall of Fame, is listed by some as one of the "100 Greatest College Players of All-Time," and is a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.