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Leroy Loggins

Position	Guard/Forward
Nickname	Leapin' Leroy
Height	196 cm
Weight	80 kg
Nationality	Australia
Born	December 20, 1957 New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
College/University	Fairmont State University
NBL Debut	1981
Final NBL Game	2001
Previous NBL Clubs	Brisbane Bullets 1981, West Adelaide Bearcats 1982, Brisbane Bullets 1983-2001
NBL Championships	1982, 1985, 1987
Career Highlights	MVP (1984, 1986, 1987) NBL's First Team (1982 - 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994) Grand Final MVP (1987) Defensive Player of the Year (1987, 1990) NBL's 20th Anniversary Team (1998) NBL's 25th Anniversary Team (2003/04)

Leroy Loggins (born December 20, 1957 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States) is a former professional basketball player in the Australian National Basketball League from 1981 to the 2000/2001 season.

Contents 1 Early career 2 Return to Bullets 3 Awards 4 Brisbane Bullets records 5 NBL records

Loggins attended Fairmont State University in the US and was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 8th round of the NBA Draft in 1980. In 1981 Loggins joined the Brisbane Bullets in his first NBL season, but left the club after one season to play for the West Adelaide Bearcats in 1982. After a successful stint with the Bearcats (including winning his first championship), Loggins returned to the Bullets.

He would then play out the remainder of his career even captaining the Bullets from 1990 through till his retirement. As an Australian citizen, Loggins also competed for the Australian men's basketball team, the Boomers, in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

Loggins would eventually retire after 21 seasons in the NBL at the end of the 2000/01 season despite still being an integral part of the Bullets lineup at 43 years of age. The number 30 jersey worn by Loggins throughout his career has been retired by the Bullets in his honour.

In total, he played 567 games in the Australian NBL, which is the second highest behind Andrew Gaze. He also scored 13106 points during his career, at an average of 23.11 a game. He also grabbed 3897 rebounds in his career, another Top 10 in the league achievement.

Leroy ended his career as arguably the best player to ever play in the NBL, certainly its greatest ever import player. While Andrew Gaze holds the scoring and games played records, it is Leroy who had no weakness in his game. Being able to dominate on the offensive and defensive end of the court. He maintained such a high standard of play and easily could have played on past the age of 43, scoring 34 points in his last ever game in the NBL.

• MVP (1984, 1986, 1987)
• NBL's First Team (1982 - 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994)
• Grand Final MVP (1982, 1985, 1987)
• Defensive Player of the Year (1987, 1990)
• NBL's 20th Anniversary Team (1998)
• NBL's 25th Anniversary Team (2003/04)

• First in games played (513)
• First in points (11777)
• First in assists (1463)
• First in steals (1194)
• First in blocked shots (1463)
• First in offensive rebounds (1147)
• First in defensive rebounds (2286)
• First in total rebounds (3433)
• First in turnovers (1344)
• Fifth in free-throw percentage (1769 from 2114 for 83.2%)
• Tenth in three point percentage (652 from 1655 for 39.4%)

• 23 40+ point games

Source: www.bullets.com.au

Preceded by Owen Wells Ray Borner

NBL Most Valuable Player 1984 1986-1987

Succeeded by Ray Borner Joe Hurst