American basketball player (died 2018)

Len Chappell

Leonard Roy Chappell was an American basketball player. He played for 10 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA) and was selected to one NBA All-Star Game. He played college basketball for Wake Forest University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) from 1959 to 1962. He was the ACC Player of the Year twice, led the ACC in scoring and rebounding in the same season twice, was first-team All-ACC three times, led his team to two ACC tournament championships as the Most Valuable Player both of those years, and was a consensus All-American as a senior while leading his team to the NCAA final four in 1962.

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Leonard Roy Chappell was an American basketball player. He played for 10 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA) and was selected to one NBA All-Star Game. He played college basketball for Wake Forest University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) from 1959 to 1962. He was the ACC Player of the Year twice, led the ACC in scoring and rebounding in the same season twice, was first-team All-ACC three times, led his team to two ACC tournament championships as the Most Valuable Player both of those years, and was a consensus All-American as a senior while leading his team to the NCAA final four in 1962.

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