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Jun 10, 2024 · LLOYD, WHO WAS BORN on April 3, 1928 in Alexandria, was a high school basketball star at Parker Gray (1946 graduate). Prep school highlights included: All-South Atlantic Conference honors three...
3 days ago · Lloyd retired as a player in 1960 and went on to become the first Black coach in the NBA. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003. He died in 2015.
4 days ago · The 8-foot statue of Lloyd, who died in 2015, was crafted by Brian Hanlon, the official sculptor for the NBA’s Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. It is on display as part of the Alexandria African American Hall of Fame located at the Charles Houston Recreation Center.
Jun 13, 2024 · DALLAS (AP) — Jerry West was remembered at the NBA Finals on Wednesday night. The NBA and the fans at Game 3 in Dallas paid tribute to the life of the Basketball Hall of Famer with a pregame video tribute and moment of silence before the game. West died earlier Wednesday at the age of 86.
5 days ago · Fourth Annual Legend Scholars Cohort; Five HBCU Students Awarded $10,000 Scholarships. Chicago, ILL. July 3 2024 - The National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA) furthers its pledge to Historically Black Colleges & Universities, announcing the 2024-2025 recipients of the Legends HBCU Scholarship, awarding the fourth class of Legends Scholars.
Jun 13, 2024 · DALLAS (AP) — Jerry West was remembered at the NBA Finals on Wednesday night. The NBA and the fans at Game 3 in Dallas paid tribute to the life of the Basketball Hall of Famer with a pregame video tribute and moment of silence before the game. West died earlier Wednesday at the age of 86.
1 day ago · During the NBA All-Star weekend in Washington, D.C. in 2001, Bell's nonprofit organization “Kids In Trouble” organized an Earl Lloyd Day in Alexandria.
