Michael Barnwell Silliman was an American professional basketball player.
12 Facts About Mike Silliman
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Mike Silliman participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal as captain of the United States national basketball team.
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Mike Silliman played for the United States men's national basketball team at the 1967 FIBA World Championship and the 1970 FIBA World Championship.
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Mike Silliman later played one season with the Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association.
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Mike Silliman had 55 scholarship offers coming out of St Xavier High School in Kentucky.
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Mike Silliman was Army's all-time leading scorer at the time of his 1966 graduation and now stands 10th in Academy history with 1,342 points.
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Mike Silliman earned three letters in baseball while at West Point.
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Mike Silliman was inducted into the Army Sport Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Mike Silliman's jersey was retired by West Point in January, 2015.
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Army is the fourth Hall of Fame to induct Mike Silliman, joining the Kentucky Athletic, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association and St Xavier's.
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Bob Knight said on several occasions that Mike Silliman was the best college player he ever coached.
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Mike Silliman is interred at Calvary Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky.