(1941-01-31)January 31, 1941 Portage, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
July 12, 2018(2018-07-12) (aged 77) Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight
240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school
Portage (Portage, Pennsylvania)
College
Wake Forest (1959–1962)
NBA draft
1962: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Syracuse Nationals
Playing career
1962–1972
Position
Power forward / center
Number
23, 24, 17, 19, 50, 25, 40
Career history
1962–1963
Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers
1963–1966
New York Knicks
1966
Chicago Bulls
1966–1967
Cincinnati Royals
1967–1968
Detroit Pistons
1968–1970
Milwaukee Bucks
1970
Cleveland Cavaliers
1970–1971
Atlanta Hawks
1971–1972
Dallas Chaparrals
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Star (1964)
Consensus first-team All-American (1962)
2× ACC Player of the Year (1961, 1962)
ACC Athlete of the Year (1962)
3× First-team All-ACC (1960–1962)
No. 50 retired by Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Leonard R. Chappell (January 31, 1941 – July 12, 2018) was an American basketball player.[1] He played for 10 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA) and was selected to one NBA All-Star Game.
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rebounds "LenChappell, legendary Wake Forest University basketball player, dies at 77". July 13, 2018. Goldstein, Richard (July 15, 2018), "LenChappell, 77...
ACC tournament history. His total of 225 points eclipsed Wake Forest's LenChappell, who scored 220 points in the tournament from 1960 to 1962. As the marquee...
Games, 3 ABA All-Star Games and 3 All-ABA Teams. Dischinger and 4th pick LenChappell are the only other players from this draft who have been selected to...
acquired a third-round pick from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for LenChappell. The Royals used the pick to draft Fred Foster. c On January 9, 1968...
pick Bob Boozer, three-time All-Star Johnny Kerr and one-time All-Star LenChappell. Kerr retired from playing prior to the start of the season, and was...
Maryland. He was pronounced dead at the same hospital where his brother Len had died and was buried next to him at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. Following...
Sears – 1958, 1959 Johnny Green – 1962, 1963, 1965 Tom Gola – 1963, 1964 LenChappell – 1964 Willis Reed – 1965–1971 Dick Barnett – 1968 Dave DeBusschere –...
NBA draft Dave Budd (Class of 1960), center for the New York Knicks LenChappell, former NBA player (jersey retired) Brandon Childress (Class of 2020)...
Don Ohl and one-time All-Star LenChappell. Ohl retired from playing prior to the start of the season, however, and Chappell only played briefly before he...
coach—Bethlehem Matt Carroll, professional basketball player—Pittsburgh LenChappell, professional basketball player—Portage Wilt Chamberlain, HOF professional...
All-Star Wayne Embry, four-time All-Star Guy Rodgers and one-time All-Star LenChappell. Prior to the expansion draft, Costello retired from playing due to injury...
1940 – Stuart Margolin, American actor and director (d. 2022) 1941 – LenChappell, American basketball player (d. 2018) 1941 – Dick Gephardt, American...
State University 1963 7 60 Bill Brown Howard Payne University 1962 1 4 LenChappell Wake Forest University 1962 2 12 Chet Walker Bradley University 1962...
1960 Mike McGee Duke Football 1961 Roman Gabriel NC State Football 1962 LenChappell Wake Forest Basketball 1963 Art Heyman Duke Basketball 1964 Jeff Mullins...
about his ethnicity during matches, especially from brothers Ian and Greg Chappell, this was contradicted by Pascoe in court, under oath in a defamation case...
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