Education
Born in Rochester, New York, Dukes played high school basketball at Seton Hall Preparatory School, and attended Seton Hall University. He graduated from New York Law School in 1960.
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Walter F. Dukes
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Career
While with the Pistons, he was named to the 1960 and 1961 National Basketball Association All-Star West Teams. Dukes averaged double figures in rebounds in six of his eight seasons in the National Basketball Association, and had career averages of 11.3 rebounds per game and 10.4 points per game. Dukes led the National Basketball Association in personal fouls in 1958 (311) and 1959 (332) and led the National Basketball Association in disqualifications four consecutive seasons between 1958-1959 and 1961-1962 — still an National Basketball Association record.
His 121 career disqualifications (in only eight seasons) rank second in the National Basketball Association to Vern Mikkelsen, and he holds the record for the highest career percentage of games fouled out (219%) for any player with over 400 games played.
On March 14, 2001, Dukes was found dead in his apartment in Detroit, Michigan. According to a police spokesman, he had been dead for about a month when his body was foundation
He died of natural causes, aged 70.
