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'''Mike Largey''' (born August 9, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Mike-Largey/Summary/64647|title=Mike Largey Player Profile, Upsala College, NCAA Stats, Awards - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref> He played the [[power forward]] position.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4851:mike-largey&catid=92:1982-nba-draft&Itemid=342|title=Mike Largey|website=The Draft Review}}</ref> He and two of his college basketball teammates were nicknamed the "Bruise Brothers" by their college coach.<ref>Jim Harter (January 21, 1982). [https://udspace.udel.edu/bitstream/handle/19716/11644/udr_106_30.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y "Men's Basketball Team Falls to Upsala,"] ''The Review''.</ref> He played four seasons in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]], from 1984 to 1987. {{Citation needed|date=March 2021|reason=This citation would fulfill the [[WP:Basket]] requirement.}}
'''Mike Largey''' (born August 9, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Mike-Largey/Summary/64647|title=Mike Largey Player Profile, Upsala College, NCAA Stats, Awards - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref> He played the [[power forward]] position.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4851:mike-largey&catid=92:1982-nba-draft&Itemid=342|title=Mike Largey|website=The Draft Review}}</ref> He and two of his college basketball teammates were nicknamed the "Bruise Brothers" by their college coach.<ref>Jim Harter (January 21, 1982). [https://udspace.udel.edu/bitstream/handle/19716/11644/udr_106_30.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y "Men's Basketball Team Falls to Upsala,"] ''The Review''.</ref> He played four seasons in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]], from 1984 to 1987.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/>


==Biography==
==Biography==

Revision as of 19:50, 31 March 2021

Mike Largey
Personal information
Born (1960-08-09) August 9, 1960 (age 63)
Red Bank, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High schoolRed Bank Catholic
(Red Bank, New Jersey)
CollegeUpsala (1978–1982)
NBA draft1982: 3rd round, 58th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Bullets
PositionPower forward
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Mike Largey (born August 9, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player.[1] He played the power forward position.[2] He and two of his college basketball teammates were nicknamed the "Bruise Brothers" by their college coach.[3] He played four seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, from 1984 to 1987.[4][5]

Biography

Largey was born in Red Bank, New Jersey.[1][2] He is 6' 8" (203 cm) tall, and weighs 230 pounds (104 kg).[1] He attended Red Bank Catholic High School.[6]

He then attended Upsala College.[1] Largey played basketball for the Upsala Vikings from 1978 to 1982.[2] He was named to the 1981-82 National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III All-America Team.[7] He also played for the football team for two seasons, as a place-kicker.[4][8]

He was drafted in Round 3, with the 58th overall pick, of the 1982 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets.[2][9] Largey played one season with the Maine Lumberjacks of the Continental Basketball Association.[4]

Largey played four seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[4][5] He played in all of them for Hapoel Tel Aviv, from 1984 to 1987, averaging a career-high 25.2 points per game in 1986.[10][5]

He later became a systems analyst for AT&T.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mike Largey Player Profile, Upsala College, NCAA Stats, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mike Largey". The Draft Review.
  3. ^ Jim Harter (January 21, 1982). "Men's Basketball Team Falls to Upsala," The Review.
  4. ^ a b c d e Elliot Denman (May 28, 1995). "Remember Upsala for what it used to be". Asbury Park Press. p. 112.
  5. ^ a b c "מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | היסטוריה | קלעי כל הזמנים | מייק לארגי". basket.co.il.
  6. ^ Red Bank Catholic High School Yearbook Emerald '78
  7. ^ "NABC Division III All-America Teams". NABC.
  8. ^ Jeff Mitler (December 12, 1979). "Crusaders Strong But Fall To Upsala 16 - 6". Crusader - Student Newspaper (Vol. 21; Nos. 1-28). Susquehanna University.
  9. ^ Ronn Levine (July 8, 1982). "Bullets' Anderson Makes Impression--in a Hurry," The Washington Post.
  10. ^ "Cup Winners' Cup 1984-85 (Game details)". www.linguasport.com.


Category:Living people Category:1960 births Category:American men's basketball players Category:Basketball players from New Jersey Category:Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players Category:Israeli Basketball Premier League players Category:Maine Lumberjacks players Category:People from Red Bank, New Jersey Category:Power forwards (basketball) Category:Upsala Vikings football players Category:Upsala Vikings men's basketball players Category:Washington Bullets draft picks

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