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.
Early career
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 citing
personal, mental and financial reasons 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.
Return to 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.
Awards
Brisbane Bullets records
- First in games played (513)
- First in points (11777)
- First in assists (1463)
- First in steals (1194)
- First in blocked shots (463)
- 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%)
NBL records
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