Lloyd Sharrar
{{Short description|American basketball player (1936–1984)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Lloyd Sharrar
| image =
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| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 210
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|2|27}}
| birth_place = Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|1|30|1936|2|27}}
| death_place = Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
| high_school = Meadville (Meadville, Pennsylvania)
| college = West Virginia (1955–1958)
| draft_year = 1958
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 12
| draft_team = Philadelphia Warriors
| career_start =
| career_end =
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| career_position = Center
| years1 = 1958–1960
| team1 = Wichita Vickers
| years2 = 1960–1961
| team2 = Cleveland Pipers
| years3 = 1961–1964
| team3 = Akron Wingfoots
| highlights =
- Second-team All-American – AP (1958)
- Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1958)
- 2× First-team All-SoCon (1957, 1958)
- AAU All-American (1964)
- 3× AAU champion (1959, 1961, 1964)
}}
Lloyd Sharrar (February 27, 1936 – January 30, 1984) was an American basketball player who was a college All-American at West Virginia University (WVU) and played for several years in the Amateur Athletic Union. He was also a second round pick of the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1958 NBA draft.
Playing career
Sharrar was a 6'10 center from Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was recruited to West Virginia by Red Brown and stayed with the school through their coaching transition to Fred Schaus.{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Shaus singles out Sharrar as best center he's seen | work = The Free Lance–Star | date = February 12, 1957 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19570212&id=-rYwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O4oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1851,3445379&hl=en | accessdate = January 29, 2016}} There he was a three-year starter for one of the most successful periods in Mountaineer basketball history. He was captain of the school's 26–2 1957–58 team, teaming with future Hall of Fame guard Jerry West, and at the conclusion of the season was named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press and was a third-team selection by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and United Press International (UPI). Sharrar finished his college career with 1,101 points and left as the school's all-time leading rebounder with 1,178 (a record that has since been broken). In 1998, Sharrar was named to WVU's athletic Hall of Fame.{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Lloyd Sharrar WVU HOF profile | work = West Virginia Mountaineers | date = | url = http://www.wvusports.com/hallOfFame.cfm?func=viewProfile&hofID=28 | accessdate = January 29, 2016}}
He was drafted in 1958 by the Philadelphia Warriors in the second round of the NBA draft (12th pick overall), but opted instead to play industrial basketball in the AAU, which allowed him to start a business career while playing. Sharrar played six years of industrial basketball for the Wichita Vickers, the Cleveland Pipers and the Akron Wingfoots. He won three AAU championships (one with each team) and was named an AAU All-American in 1964.{{cite book|last= Grundman|first= Adolph H.|date= 2004|title= The Golden Age of Amateur Basketball:The AAU Tournament, 1921–1968|url= https://archive.org/details/goldenageofamate00grun/page/192|location= Lincoln, Nebraska|publisher= University of Nebraska Press|pages= [https://archive.org/details/goldenageofamate00grun/page/192 192, 213–221, 269]|isbn= 0-8032-7117-4|url-access= registration}}
Personal
Sharrar died on January 30, 1984, in Lincoln, Nebraska, from a malignant brain tumor.{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Lloyd Sharrar obituary | work = New York Times | date = February 2, 1984 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/02/obituaries/lloyd-sharrar.html | accessdate = January 29, 2016}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.wvusports.com/hallOfFame.cfm?func=viewProfile&hofID=28 West Virginia Mountaineers HOF profile]
{{1958 NBA draft}}
{{1964 AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans}}
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Category:All-American college men's basketball players
Category:Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Pennsylvania
Category:Cleveland Pipers players
Category:People from Meadville, Pennsylvania
Category:Philadelphia Warriors draft picks
Category:Sportspeople from Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Category:West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball players