Len Elmore

Len Elmore

No. 41, 44
Center / Power forward
Personal information
Date of birth	March 28, 1952 (1952-03-28)
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Nationality	American
High school	Power Memorial Academy (New York City, New York)
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College	Maryland (1970–1974)
NBA Draft	1974 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall
Selected by the Washington Bullets
Pro career	1974–1984
Career history
1974–1979	Indiana Pacers (ABA and NBA)
1979–1980	Kansas City Kings
1980–1981	Milwaukee Bucks
1981–1983	New Jersey Nets
1983–1984	New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (1974)
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points	3,948 (6.0 ppg)
Rebounds	3,360 (5.1 rpg)
Blocks	674 (1.0 bpg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Leonard J. "Len" Elmore (born March 28, 1952) is an American sportscaster, lawyer and former National Basketball Association player.

Elmore has served as a college basketball analyst for ESPN for over eight years and served in the same capacity for CBS Sports' coverage of the NCAA Tournament; he also serves an analyst for ABC Sports. Elmore is an eight-year veteran of the NBA having played for the Indiana Pacers, Kansas City Kings (presently Sacramento Kings), Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets, and New York Knicks, and he also played two seasons with the Pacers when they were in the ABA.

He attended Power Memorial Academy in New York City, leading its basketball team to the City championship and the "Number 1 Team in the Nation" in 1970. He graduated from the University of Maryland College Park in 1974 where he was a three-time All-ACC player and an All-American in 1974. He is still Maryland's all-time leading rebounder, in both total rebounds and rebounding average. In 2002, Elmore was selected to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team, honoring him as one of the 50 greatest players in ACC history.

Elmore received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1987 and began his law career as a prosecutor, serving as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York.

Aside from his announcing duties, Elmore also previously served as Senior Counsel with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae in New York City, where he currently resides, and is the president of the National Basketball Retired Players Association. He also is a member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. Len Elmore is also a professor at Columbia University.

Sources

• NBA: Len Elmore player stats
• Basketball Reference
• Len Elmore at the Internet Movie Database
• Len Elmore ESPN Bio