Q:Facts:   - death place: yountville , california    - highschool: lowell -lrb- san francisco , california -rrb-    - number: 8    - position: forward / center    - height in: 3    - death date: march 1987 -lrb- aged 67 -rrb-    - college: stanford -lrb- 1940 -- 1942 -rrb-      - height ft: 6    - birth date: june 1 , 1919    - name: don burness    - nationality: american    - birth place: san francisco , california   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of don burness .
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donald s. burness -lrb- june 1 , 1919 -- march 1987 -rrb- was an all-american basketball player at stanford university .