Mike Largey | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lb: | 230 |
Birth Date: | 9 August 1960 |
Birth Place: | Red Bank, New Jersey |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Red Bank Catholic (Red Bank, New Jersey) |
College: | Upsala (1978–1982) |
Draft Year: | 1982 |
Draft Round: | 3 |
Draft Pick: | 58 |
Draft Team: | Washington Bullets |
Career Position: | Power forward |
Michael Patrick Largey (born August 9, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player.[1] He played the power forward position.[2] He and two of his college basketball teammates were nicknamed the "Bruise Brothers" by their college coach.[3] He played four seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, from 1984 to 1987.
Largey was born in Red Bank, New Jersey.[1] [2] He was listed at 6feet and .[1] He was raised in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown Township, New Jersey and attended Red Bank Catholic High School.[4] [5]
He then attended Upsala College.[1] Largey played basketball for the Upsala Vikings from 1978 to 1982.[2] He was named to the 1981–82 National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III All-America Team.[6] He also played for the football team for two seasons, as a place-kicker.[7] [8]
He was drafted in Round 3, with the 58th overall pick, of the 1982 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets.[2] [9] Largey played one season with the Maine Lumberjacks of the Continental Basketball Association.[7]
Largey played four seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[7] [10] He played in all of them for Hapoel Tel Aviv, from 1984 to 1987, averaging a career-high 25.2 points per game in 1986.[11] [10]
He later became a systems analyst for AT&T.[7]