Leroy Ellis
Leroy Ellis was born in Far Rockaway, New York, United States on March 10th, 1940 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 72, Leroy Ellis biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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LeRoy Ellis (March 10, 1940 – June 2, 2012) was an American basketball player.
Personal life
Ellis and his family settled in Portland, Oregon, while he played professional basketball. He later entered the tire industry during his retirement and moved to Southern California to operate a tire store in Orange County. LeRoy Ellis was accompanied by his son, LeRon, and the two moved to the city of Anaheim, California while waiting for the rest of their family to join them at a later time. Ellis and his wife eventually returned to Portland.
Three of Ellis' children have gone on to play college basketball: his daughter Lisa played women's basketball for California State University, Long Beach and the University of Kentucky; his eldest son LeRoy Jr. played NCAA Division I men's basketball for the University of the Pacific and was a member of the 1990 NCAA Division II National Champion Kentucky Wesleyan College; and another son, LeRon, played at the University of Kentucky and Syracuse University before playing two and a half seasons in the NBA. LeRoy Ellis' youngest son, Lee Christopher Ellis, was shot to death on a Los Angeles street in 1998 at age 19.
Ellis died of prostate cancer on June 2, 2012, at the age of 72.
Basketball career
Ellis, a 6'11" center from St. John's University, set the St. John's record for highest rebounding average in a season (16.5) and most rebounds in a single game with 30. He received the 1962 Haggerty Award as the All-Metropolitan New York Division I men's college basketball player of the year in his senior year.
Ellis was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round (8th pick overall) of the 1962 NBA draft. He appeared in 1,048 games in the NBA over the years (1962–1976), including the Lakers, Baltimore Trail Blazers, and Philadelphia 76ers, and was a member of the 1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers championship team, which also won a then-record 69 games and established the longest winning streak in NBA history with 33 wins. Ellis was traded to the 76ers in 1981, who had an NBA-worst 73 losses in an 82-game season. Ellis had accumulated career totals of 10,176 points and 8,709 rebounds at the end of his NBA career in 1976.
Ellis was on the first Portland Trail Blazers team in 1970–71, one of Baltimore's original draft candidates. He was in the starting lineup for the Trail Blazers' inaugural game. He was the Blazers' third top scorer (15.9 points per game) and the top rebounder, averaging 12.3 per game, their third-best average in the Blazers' first three decades. He continued playing basketball long after his college career ended, including being a member of several senior Masters Games national championship teams in Portland.