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Vernon "Earl" Monroe
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Earl Monroe
American basketball player (born 1944)
Monroe with Winston-Salem State in 1967 | |
| Born | (1944-11-21) November 21, 1944 (age 80) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| High school | John Bartram (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Winston-Salem State (1963–1967) |
| NBA draft | 1967: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
| Selected by the Baltimore Bullets | |
| Playing career | 1967–1980 |
| Position | Shooting guard / point guard |
| Number | 33, 10, 15 |
| 1967–1971 | Baltimore Bullets |
| 1971–1980 | New York Knicks |
| Points | 17,454 (18.8 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 2,796 (3.0 rpg) |
| Assists | 3,594 (3.9 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame | |
| Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Vernon Earl Monroe (born November 21, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for two teams, the Baltimore Bullets and the New York Knicks, during his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Legends profile: Earl Monroe
Earl Monroe joined the New York Knicks in 1971 and helped them win the title in 1973.
> Archive 75: Earl Monroe | 75 Stories: Earl Monroe
Before the arrival of Earvin “Magic” Johnson there was another “Magic” — “Black Magic,” also known as “Earl the Pearl.” He was Earl Monroe, a dazzling ballhandler and one-on-one virtuoso who made crowds gasp with his slashing drives to the hoop.
Monroe joined the NBA in 1967 and parlayed his talents into a distinguished 13-year career. He was part of a changing of the guard in the NBA, arriving at a time when high scorers like Dave Bing and Jerry West were showing that the backcourt could rack up points just as effectively as the center position. He finished with a career average of 18.8 ppg.
Spectators were amazed not only by the number of points that Monroe scored but also by how he scored them. “The ultimate playground player,” is how Bill Bradley once described him to the New York Post. He loved to spin and twist through the paint and then launch off-balance, circus-like shots in the tradi
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