David Meyers (basketball)

David Meyers

No. 21, 22, 7
Power forward
Personal information
Date of birth	April 21, 1953 (1953-04-21) (age 58)
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]

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

1. ^ Mercury Name Ann Meyers Drysdale New GM
2. ^ UCLA STILL BEST IN THE WEST. Sports Illustrated. February 17, 1975, Volume 42, Issue 7
3. ^ Going Back to Cali June 16, 2007

External links

• NBA stats @ basketballreference.com

Persondata
Name	Meyers, David
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Date of birth	April 21, 1953
Place of birth	San Diego, California
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