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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.
Jimmy Jones was selected in the first round of the 1967 ABA Draft by the New Orleans Buccaneers. Bob Netolicky was essentially selected as the 22nd pick (the final pick of the second round) in the 1967 ABA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. Netolicky would later be one of six players from this draft to play in the ABA for all nine seasons of its ...
Hayes joined the NBA with the San Diego Rockets in 1968 and went on to lead the NBA in scoring with 28.4 points per game, averaged 17.1 rebounds per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team. Hayes' scoring average is the fifth best all-time for a rookie, and he remains the last rookie to lead the NBA in scoring average.
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).
South Carolina State (1964–1968) ABA draft: 1968: 5th round, 2nd overall pick: Selected by the Dallas Chaparrals: Playing career: 1968–1974: Position: Guard: Number: 10: Coaching career: 1978–1981: Career history; As player: 1968–1969: Gillette Corporation/USA All Stars: 1969–1974: Wilmington Blue Bombers: As coach: 1978–1981 ...
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]
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.
Eldridge Reno Dickey (December 24, 1945 – May 22, 2000) was an American professional football player. After playing for Tennessee State University from 1965 to 1968, he was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the first round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft.