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David William (Dave) Meyers (born April 21, 1953 in San Diego, California) is a retired American college basketball forward/center at the University of California, Los Angeles and professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks. He is the older brother of Ann Meyers, who also was an outstanding basketball player as well as the only woman to sign a free-agent contract by an NBA team (Indiana Pacers, 1979).[1]
[edit] High school
Meyers attended high school at Sonora High School in La Habra, California.
[edit] College
Meyers was a player on the UCLA Bruins men's basketball teams that won the 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1975.[2]
Meyers was the second pick in the first round of the 1975 NBA Draft. He was part of one of the biggest sports trades in NBA history.[3] Meyers, along with Elmore Smith, Junior Bridgeman, and Brian Winters, were traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley. Meyers played for the Bucks for four seasons.
[edit] References
- ^ Mercury Name Ann Meyers Drysdale New GM
- ^ UCLA STILL BEST IN THE WEST. Sports Illustrated. February 17, 1975, Volume 42, Issue 7
- ^ Going Back to Cali June 16, 2007
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