Mike Grosso | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lb: | 230 |
Birth Date: | 7 September 1947 |
Birth Place: | Raritan, New Jersey |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Bridgewater-Raritan (Raritan, New Jersey) |
College: | Louisville (1967–1970) |
Draft Year: | 1970 |
Draft Round: | 5 |
Draft Pick: | 84 |
Draft Team: | Milwaukee Bucks |
Career Position: | Center |
Career Number: | 10 |
Years1: | 1971–1972 |
Team1: | Pittsburgh Condors |
Bbr: | grossmi01 |
Michael James Grosso (born September 7, 1947, in Raritan, New Jersey[1]) is an American former basketball player.
Grosso played for the Pittsburgh Condors of the American Basketball Association in the 1971–72 season. Previously, he had been drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the third round of the 1969 NBA draft, the Kentucky Colonels in the 1969 ABA Draft and the Milwaukee Bucks in the fifth round of the 1970 NBA draft.[2]
After the Pittsburgh Condors disbanded following the 1971–72 ABA season, Grosso was taken by the Carolina Cougars in the 1972 ABA Dispersal Draft, but the Cougars did not sign him.[3]
Grosso played at the collegiate level at the University of Louisville. He had been recruited by Frank McGuire at the University of South Carolina, but was denied admission by the ACC.