Greg Ballard, who starred at Oregon and went on to play a key role on the Washington Bullets teams of the early 1980s, has died at age 61 after a battle with cancer.
His death was first reported by the Portland Tribune , which chronicled Ballard's fight against Stage IV prostate cancer in April. That story said Ballard had been diagnosed four years earlier, but he continued to work as an Atlanta-based advance scout for the Wizards.
“I enjoy the work,” Ballard said. “It’s the traveling that makes it hard.”
Ballard was a four-year starter at Oregon and graduated in 1977 as the leading rebounder in school history with 1,114, a mark that still stands.