Larry Miller (basketball player)

Larry Miller

Miller in 1972
Personal information
Born	(1946-04-04) April 4, 1946 (age 78) Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Catasauqua (Catasauqua, Pennsylvania)
College	North Carolina (1965–1968)
NBA draft	1968: 5th round, 62nd overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	1968–1975
Position	Shooting guard
Number	44, 4
Career history
1968–1970	Los Angeles Stars
1970–1972	Carolina Cougars
1972–1973	San Diego Conquistadors
1973–1974	Virginia Squires
1974	Utah Stars
Career highlights and awards
ABA All-Rookie first team (1969) Consensus first-team All-American (1968) Consensus second-team All-American (1967) 2× ACC Player of the Year (1967, 1968) 2× First-team All-ACC (1967, 1968) First-team Parade All-American (1964)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

Lawrence James Miller (born April 4, 1946) is a retired American basketball player who was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team in 2002, as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history.

An All-American star of his Catasauqua High School team during the 1960s, he went on to play for the University of North Carolina, where he was awarded ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year honors in 1966 and 1967.

From 1968 to 1975, he played professionally in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Los Angeles Stars, Carolina Cougars, San Diego Conquistadors, Virginia Squires, and Utah Stars.

Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on April 4, 1946, Miller grew up to become an All-American star of his Catasauqua High School basketball team, scoring forty-six of his team's sixty-six points and grabbing twenty rebounds during his team's 66–62 win over Steelton High in the 1964 Pennsylvania state playoffs at the Hershey Arena.

A 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) guard/forward, Miller then went on to play for the University of North Carolina during the 1960s. While there, he earned ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year honors in 1966 and 1967.

Miller was drafted in 1968 by the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers (fifth round, 62nd overall pick), but never played in that league. From 1968 to 1975, he played professionally in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Los Angeles Stars, Carolina Cougars, San Diego Conquistadors, Virginia Squires, and Utah Stars. He averaged 13.6 points per game in his career and set the ABA record of sixty-seven points in a game on March 18, 1972.^[1]

In 2002, Miller was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history.

Since his retirement, Miller has worked in real estate construction.^[2]

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  Miller, North Carolina in 1968

• Career statistics from Basketball Reference