(1963-11-18)November 18, 1963 Landover, Maryland, U.S.
Died
June 19, 1986(1986-06-19) (aged 22) Riverdale, Maryland, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight
210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school
Northwestern (Hyattsville, Maryland)
College
Maryland (1982–1986)
NBA draft
1986: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Position
Small forward
Career highlights and awards
Consensus first-team All-American (1986)
Consensus second-team All-American (1985)
2× ACC Player of the Year (1985, 1986)
2× First-team All-ACC (1985, 1986)
ACC Athlete of the Year (1986)
ACC tournament MVP (1984)
Fourth-team Parade All-American (1982)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2021
Leonard Kevin Bias (November 18, 1963 – June 19, 1986) was an American college basketball player for the Maryland Terrapins. In the last of his four years playing for Maryland, he was named a consensus first-team All-American. Two days after being selected by the Boston Celtics with the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft, Bias died from cardiac arrhythmia induced by a cocaine overdose.[1] In 2021, Bias was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.[2]
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^"Len Bias To Be Inducted Into College Basketball Hall Of Fame On Sunday". CBS. November 18, 2021.
Lonise Bias became an anti-drug lecturer, while James Bias became an advocate for gun control. Lonise Bias, in the memory of her children, opened the Len and...
McHale, the departure of Parish, and the untimely deaths of 1986 draft pick LenBias and star player Reggie Lewis, the Celtics struggled through the 1990s and...
draft. The Celtics drafted LenBias with the pick and had high hopes for the young University of Maryland star. Fans believed Bias had superstar potential...
Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish. This need became more urgent after LenBias, the 2nd overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft, died of a cocaine overdose...
for the University of Maryland only two years after the death of star LenBias and the ensuing scandal that cost Lefty Driesell his job as coach. When...
because of drug problems that claimed the life of second overall pick LenBias and affected the careers of several other first-round picks. On the other...
in the 1986 NBA draft. Most notable was the death of highly touted LenBias. Bias died less than two days after being selected second overall by the defending...
Sonics' first-round pick in 1986, which the Celtics would use to draft LenBias. He then played for the New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, and Milwaukee...
Vietnam and Watergate. The cocaine overdose deaths of rising basketball star LenBias, and young NFL football player Don Rogers, both in June, received wide...
crack. LenBias, the famous basketball player, had just died of a crack overdose, and the pusher was yelling, ‘Hey, I’ve got the stuff that killed Len.’ I...
pre-production started the Winter of 2006 on the life of LenBias. During the 2008 Sundance Film Festival the LenBias film was promoted with a guerilla marketing...
Americans were featured as "crack whores." The deaths of the NBA player LenBias and the NFL player Don Rogers from cocaine overdose only added to the media...
Carolina center Brad Daugherty (Cleveland Cavaliers) and Maryland forward LenBias (Boston Celtics). The Warriors brought in center Joe Barry Carroll to help...
Harriston, Keith; Jenkins, Sally (June 20, 1986). "Maryland Basketball Star LenBias Is Dead at 22". Washington Post. Archived from the original on December...
9 million viewers. Fraser produced and directed Without Bias, a documentary film on LenBias. The film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary...
his wife while attending a University of Maryland basketball game while LenBias was playing. By season 10, Vance and Gibbs are on friendlier terms. Gibbs...
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