Researching Ray Blume
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 40 people with the Blume surname? In that year Blume was ranked number 3539 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ray means "kingly" and is of French origin.
Records of Ray Blume on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ray Blume and the Blume Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Blume surname in the USA? Blume is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Ray Blume
Ray Blume
Bernard Ray Blume (born September 23, 1958) is an American former basketball player. Blume achieved his greatest career success at the collegiate level as a guard for an Oregon State University Beavers men's basketball. During Blume's four-year tenure the team went 86-27 and made the NCAA tournament twice. Blume won All-American honors in 1980 and was All-Conference in 1980 and 1981. He was inducted into the Oregon State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004 and into the Pac-12 Conference Basketball Hall of Honor in 2017.
Blume spent the 1981-82 season as a reserve for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association before playing the sport professionally in Europe.
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