Larry Fogle

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Larry Fogle

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| number = 44

| position = Guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 205

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|03|19}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| high_school = Cooley (Detroit, Michigan)

| college =

Louisiana (1971–1972)
Canisius (1973–1975)

| draft_year = 1975

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 34

| draft_team = New York Knicks

| career_start = 1975

| career_end = 1983

| years1 = {{nbay|1975|start}}

| team1 = New York Knicks

| years2 = 1975–1977

| team2 = Allentown Jets

| years3 = 1976–1977

| team3 = Hazleton / Jersey Shore Bullets

| years4 = 1977–1978

| team4 = Long Island Ducks

| years5 = 1978–1983

| team5 = Rochester Zeniths

| highlights =

2× CBA champion (1979, 1981)
CBA Playoff/Finals MVP (1979)
All-CBA First Team (1981)
Consensus second-team All-American (1974)
NCAA scoring champion (1974)
Second-team Parade All-American (1972)

| bbr = foglela01

}}

Larry Fogle (born March 19, 1953) is a retired American basketball player. He was an American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) draft pick. He played in two games for the New York Knicks during 1975–1976 before playing for the CBA and starring on the Rochester Zeniths 1977–78 championship team.

Background

Fogle, born in Brooklyn, New York, played basketball at Cooley High School in Detroit, Michigan. In February 1972, Fogle established a city league single-game scoring record of 73 points (versus Cody High); at season's end, Larry Fogle was named Michigan High School Player of the Year by the Detroit News. Upon graduating from Cooley, Fogle played collegiate basketball for the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and Canisius College.[http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=995 TheDraftReview.com Larry Fogle page]

A {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|adj=on}} and {{convert|205|lb|kg}} guard, Fogle was selected as an underclassman in the 1974 ABA draft in the eighth round by the Denver Nuggets after leading the NCAA in individual scoring, averaging 33.4 points per game and 14 rebounds per game in the 1973–74 season. That year Fogle was named an All-American by the United States Basketball Writers Association [http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/allamerica/1970-79.html USBWA All Americans page] and the National Association of Basketball Coaches named him a third team All-American.{{Cite web |url=http://nabc.cstv.com/nabc_awards/nabc_awards-all-america-div1-70s.html |title=National Association of Basketball Coaches site |access-date=2009-05-05 |archive-date=2024-05-24 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524091521/https://www.webcitation.org/5gYDelmdZ?url=http://nabc.cstv.com/nabc_awards/nabc_awards-all-america-div1-70s.html |url-status=live }} Fogle opted to stay in college and the following year he was drafted in the second round of the 1975 NBA draft by the New York Knicks and in the fifth round of the 1975 ABA Draft by the Spirits of St. Louis.{{Cite web |url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FogleLa01 |title=BasketballReference.com Larry Fogle page |access-date=2008-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182821/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FogleLa01 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}

Fogle played for the Knicks in the 1975-76 NBA season, appearing in two games and scoring two points to go with three rebounds.

Fogle played in the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) / Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Allentown Jets, Hazleton / Jersey Shore Bullets, Long Island Ducks and Rochester Zeniths from 1975 to 1983. He won CBA championships with the Zeniths in 1979{{cite web |title=1978-79 Rochester Zeniths Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAROZ/y-1978 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 9, 2025}} and 1981.{{cite web |title=1980-81 Rochester Zeniths Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAROZ/y-1980 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 9, 2025}} He was selected as the CBA Playoff/Finals MVP in 1979 and named to the All-CBA First Team in 1981.{{cite web |title=Larry Fogle minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-foglelar001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 20, 2025}}

Career statistics

=NBA=

Source{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/foglela01.html|title=Larry Fogle NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=23 April 2025}}

==Regular season==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!GS

!MPG

!FG%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1975}}

| style="text-align:left;"|New York

| 2 || 0 || 7.0 || .200 || – || 1.5 || .0 || .5 || .0 || 1.0

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182821/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FogleLa01 Larry Fogle NBA statistics], basketballreference.com

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Category:All-American college men's basketball players

Category:American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines

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Category:Basketball players from Detroit

Category:Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball players

Category:Cooley High School alumni