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Los Angeles selected LaRoche with a pick in the additional rounds of the 1968 ABA Draft. [2] Standing 6-foot-4, 200 pounds, LaRoche signed with the Stars in June 1968, for $12,000 with a signing bonus of $3,000, after scoring eight points each in two summer intrasquad games at the L.A. Sports Arena.
Associated Press Player of the Year (1968) UPI Player of the Year (1968) Sporting News Player of the Year (1968) 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1967, 1968) No. 44 retired by Houston Cougars; Career statistics; Points: 27,313 (21.0 ppg) Rebounds: 16,279 (12.5 rpg) Blocks: 1,771 (2.0 bpg) Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball Reference ...
Ralph Simpson was the fifth pick in the 1971 ABA Draft by the Denver Rockets. Artis Gilmore was the ninth pick in the 1971 ABA Draft by the Kentucky Colonels. Roger Brown (dunking the ball) was the 21st pick in the 1971 ABA Draft by the Texas Chaparrals (who later returned to Dallas after the draft) via trading with the Utah Stars.
Kalsu's name (third row, middle) on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. James Robert Kalsu (April 13, 1945 – July 21, 1970) was an American professional football player who was an All-American tackle at the University of Oklahoma and an eighth-round selection in the 1968 NFL/AFL draft by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League (AFL). [1]
George E. Stone (February 9, 1946 – December 30, 1993) was an American professional basketball player who spent several seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA). He was drafted in the ninth round of the 1968 NBA draft (115th pick overall) by the Los Angeles Lakers , but never played for them or any other NBA team.
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M: 5 football players were killed in a head-on highway crash (1966). Marshall: 37 members died in an airplane crash (1970). Wichita State: most of the starting players and coaches, 31 in total, died in an airplane crash (1970). Cal Poly Mustangs football team: 16 players and 6 others died in an airplane crash (1960).
The 1968–69 ABA season was the second season for the American Basketball Association. Two teams relocated: Minnesota Muskies became the Miami Floridians. The Pittsburgh Pipers moved to Minnesota and became the Minnesota Pipers. Two others relocated within their territory. The Anaheim Amigos became the Los Angeles Stars.
Lantz played in the National Basketball Association from 1968 until 1976. He was selected by the San Diego Rockets in the third round (1st pick, 23rd overall) of the 1968 NBA draft and by the Oakland Oaks in the 1968 ABA Draft. [2] In the 1970–71 season, Lantz averaged 20.6 points and 5 rebounds per game for the San Diego Rockets.