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David Meyers No. 21, 22, 7 Power forward Personal information Date of birth April 21, 1953 Place of birth San Diego, California Nationality American High school Sonora (La Habra, California) Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Listed weight 215 lb (98 kg) Career information College UCLA (1971–1975) NBA Draft 1975 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers Pro career 1975–1980 Career history 1975–1980 Milwaukee Bucks Career highlights and awards - 2× NCAA Champion (1973, 1975)
- Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1975)
Career NBA statistics Points 3,149 (11.2 ppg) Rebounds 1,771 (6.3 rpg) Assists 652 (2.3 apg) Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball-Reference.com - for others with a similar name, see Dave Meyers
David William Meyers (born April 21, 1953 in San Diego, California) is a retired American college basketball forward/center at the University of California, Los Angeles and professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks. He is the older brother of Ann Meyers, who also was an outstanding basketball player as well as the only woman to sign a free-agent contract by an NBA team (Indiana Pacers, 1979).[1]
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High school
Meyers attended high school at Sonora High School in La Habra, California.
College
Meyers was a player on the UCLA Bruins men's basketball teams that won the 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1975.[2]
NBA
Meyers was the second pick in the first round of the 1975 NBA Draft. He was part of one of the biggest sports trades in NBA history.[3] Meyers, along with Elmore Smith, Junior Bridgeman, and Brian Winters, were traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley. Meyers played for the Bucks for four seasons.
References
- ^ Mercury Name Ann Meyers Drysdale New GM
- ^ UCLA STILL BEST IN THE WEST. Sports Illustrated. February 17, 1975, Volume 42, Issue 7
- ^ Going Back to Cali June 16, 2007
External links
- NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball 1972–73 NCAA Champions 22 Tommy Curtis | 25 Pete Trgovich | 31 Swen Nater | 32 Bill Walton (MOP) | 34 Dave Meyers | 35 Ralph Drollinger | 43 Greg Lee | 52 Keith Wilkes | 53 Larry Hollyfield | 54 Larry Farmer
Coach John Wooden
Assistant Coaches: Gary CunninghamUCLA Bruins Men's Basketball 1974–75 NCAA Champions 22 Raymond Townsend | 25 Pete Trgovich | 31 Richard Washington (MOP) | 32 Brett Vroman | 34 Dave Meyers | 35 Ralph Drollinger | 44 Jim Spillane | 45 Andre McCarter | 54 Marques Johnson
Coach John Wooden
Assistant Coaches: Gary Cunningham1975 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans First Team
Adrian Dantley • John Lucas • Scott May • Dave Meyers • David ThompsonSecond Team
Luther Burden • Leon Douglas • Kevin Grevey • Ron Lee • Gus Williams1975 NBA Draft First round David Thompson · Dave Meyers · Marvin Webster · Alvan Adams · Darryl Dawkins · Lionel Hollins · Rich Kelley · Junior Bridgeman · Gene Short · Bill Robinzine · Joe Meriweather · Frank Oleynick · Bob Bigelow · Joe Bryant · John Lambert · Ricky Sobers · Tom Boswell · Kevin GreveySecond round Bill Willoughby · Gus Williams · Bruce Seals · Clyde Mayes · Lloyd Free · Cornelius Cash · Bob Gross · Luther Burden · Walter Luckett · Dan Roundfield · Jim Blanks · Steve Green · Glenn Hansen · John Laskowski · Mel Utley · Larry Fogle · Allen Murphy · Jimmy Dan ConnerCategories:- 1953 births
- Living people
- American basketball players
- Los Angeles Lakers draft picks
- Los Angeles Lakers players
- Milwaukee Bucks players
- UCLA Bruins men's basketball players
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- People from San Diego, California
- Power forwards (basketball)
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs
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