ABOUT
3-time NBA All-Star point guard who played for the Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls, and Milwaukee Bucks and became a broadcaster after retirement.He held the record for the longest shot in NBA history at 84 feet until Baron Davis broke it 24 years later.He died on the same day as Bulls broadcaster and head coach Red Kerr.
BEFORE FAMEHe played on the 1965 Midland High School Leopards in Pennsylvania, which is widely considered one of the greatest high school basketball teams of all time.
PERSONAL LIFEHis parents worked in a steel mill for over 30 years and he had three brothers who died at young ages.
FUN FACTSBasketball Player Norm Van Lier were born on Tuesday, birthstone is Diamond, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Pig, it is 83 days until Norm Van Lier next birthday.
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Jan. 09 1870