- Lloyd Neal
infobox NBA Player
name = Lloyd Neal
nickname =
position = Forward/Center
height_ft = 6
height_in = 7
weight_lbs = 225
league = NBA
jersey = 36
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1950|12|10
birth_place =Talbotton, Georgia
highschool = Talbotton High School
college = Tennessee State
draft = 3rd round, 31st overall
draft_year = 1972
draft_team =Portland Trail Blazers
career_start = 1972
career_end = 1979
former_teams =Portland Trail Blazers (1972–1979)
awards =NBA All-Rookie Team (1972)Lloyd Neal (born
December 10 1950 , inTalbotton, Georgia ) is an American former professionalbasketball player.A 6'7" forward/center from
Tennessee State University , Neal spent his entire professional career (1972–1979) with theNational Basketball Association 'sPortland Trail Blazers . Though undersized for his position, he endeared himself to fans with his hard work and tenacity, and he averaged adouble-double (13.4 points, 11.8rebound s) during the1972-73 NBA season . After his career was cut short by a knee injury in 1979, the Blazers retired his #36 jersey. He finished college in 1980 and moved on to a long career with theInternal Revenue Service in Portland, where he's worked since 1985.cite news | last = Arnold | first = Geoffrey | coauthors = Uthman, Daniel | title = The 1976-77 NBA champion Portland Trail Blazers: 30 years later | publisher = OregonLive.com | date =2007-06-04 | url = http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/118092033955920.xml&coll=7&thispage=10 | accessdate = 2007-06-04 ]References
External links
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nealll01.html Career stats] at [http://www.basketball-reference.com/ www.basketball-reference.com]
* [http://www.nba.com/blazers/history/Learn_More_About_Lloyd_Neal-64032-41.html Profile] at [http://www.nba.com/blazers www.nba.com/blazers]
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