[1] Kufeld, who played for acclaimed coach Dr. Jonathan Halpert, led all NCAA Division III players in the country in rebounding for his junior and senior year (1978–79 and 1979–1980).

Kufeld represented the Borough of Manhattan in the 1979 Big Apple Games, and appeared as a "Face in the Crowd" in Sports Illustrated Magazine in 1980.

Kufeld attended rookie camp with the rest of his draft class which included Kelvin Ransey, and Michael Harper (who both were signed by Portland), but at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) he was considered too small to play as a center in the NBA.

[4] A description of Kufeld's inclusion in the NBA draft was included in acclaimed author and journalist David Halberstam's sequel chapter to his book "Breaks of the Game" published in Sport magazine.

Kufeld signed with Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan of the Israeli Premier Basketball League playing with Doron Jamchy (the leading Israeli-born player of his generation).

[1] After returning from Israel, he continued playing for the "Uptowners" squad in the New York Summer Pro League (along such NBA and European veteran players as Dave Britton, Sam Worthen and Arnold Dugger, and squaring off against such pros as Daryl Dawkins, Marvin Barnes and Caldwell Jones), at the Holcombe Rucker Tournament and in the Eastern Professional Basketball League.

In recognition of this latest honor, the Village of Great Neck has established Sunday, April 7 as "Dave Kufeld Day.