20 Facts About Leroy Loggins

Leroy Loggins was born on 20 December 1957 and is an Australian-American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball League from 1981 until 2001.

In 1981 Leroy Loggins joined the Brisbane Bullets for his first NBL season helping the team to their second straight NBL Semi-final.

Leroy Loggins signed to play for the West Adelaide Bearcats in the 1982 NBL season joining such players as captain-coach and the league's first ever Most Valuable Player Ken Richardson, Australian Boomers veterans Peter Ali and Ray Wood, and South Bronx-born guard and 1982 NBL MVP Al Green.

Leroy Loggins was selected to his first All NBL First team.

In 1984, Leroy Loggins continued great form saw him selected to the All NBL First team.

Leroy Loggins was awarded the ultimate individual accolade when he was voted the NBL's Most Valuable Player for the 1984 NBL season averaging 29.3 points, 3.4 steals and 1.9 blocked shots per game.

Again there was no Grand Final MVP awarded that year, but Leroy Loggins was in top form again and was voted player of the game with a game high score of 41 points.

Leroy Loggins form saw him selected to his fourth straight All NBL First team.

The Bullets moved from the 2,700-seat Chandler Arena into the larger, 13,500-capacity Brisbane Entertainment Centre in 1986 and Leroy Loggins won his second NBL MVP award that year, leading the Bullets to a second-place finish on the regular season ladder behind 36ers.

Ironically, Leroy Loggins fouled out of both games 1 and 3, including fouling out only midway through the 3rd period of game 3, and became increasingly frustrated at his lack of opportunities because of the close defence of former Bearcats teammate Peter Ali.

Leroy Loggins was named the Grand Final MVP and was voted as the league's Best Defensive Player as well as being named to a record sixth straight All NBL First team.

Leroy Loggins was selected in 1988 to his seventh straight All NBL First team.

Leroy Loggins averaged 16.3 points per game over the GF series.

Between 1991 and his retirement, Leroy Loggins continued to be one of the best players in the NBL, leading the Bullets to the playoffs every season from 1992 to 1999.

Leroy Loggins would be selected to the All NBL First team in 1993 and 1994.

Leroy Loggins is one of only three players to win the award twice.

Leroy Loggins retired with a then record 567 games in the Australian NBL, although this has since been surpassed by both Andrew Gaze and Tony Ronaldson.

Leroy Loggins scored 13,106 points during his career, at 23.1 points per game, grabbed 3,897 rebounds at 6.8 per game, another Top 10 in the league achievement and is second in all time steals with 1,221 at 2.1 per game.

Leroy Loggins was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Leroy Loggins averaged 12.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 2.2 steals per game at the Olympics.