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Denny Fitzpatrick is a retired American basketball player. He was Most Valuable Player and leading scorer for the 1959 NCAA champion California Golden Bears.Fitzpatrick was a 6’0 multi-sport star for Newport Harbor High School in Orange County California. He played first at Orange Coast junior college then came to the University of California Berkeley to play for coach Pete Newell in 1958.