Larry Sengstock

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Larry Sengstock

Position	Forward
Nickname	Cap
Height	198cm
Weight	98kg
Nationality	Australia
Born	March 4, 1960 Maryborough, Queensland
NBL Debut	1979
Final NBL Game	1996
Previous NBL Clubs	St. Kilda Saints 1979-1981 Brisbane Bullets 1982-1989 Gold Coast Cougars/Rollers 1990-1992 North Melbourne Giants 1993-1996
NBL Championships	1979, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1994
Career Highlights	1979 NBL Finals MVP 1982 All NBL First Team Olympic Squad Member 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 2001 NBL Hall of Fame Member NBL Finals MVP Award is named in his honour

Larry Sengstock (born March 4, 1960 in Maryborough, Queensland) was one of the star players in the early years of Australia's fledgling National Basketball League. Sengstock played 456 NBL games over 18 seasons, starting with the St. Kilda Saints and later playing for the Brisbane Bullets, Gold Coast Rollers and North Melbourne Giants.

Sengstock won five NBL championship rings, his first coming in 1979 with St Kilda. He was named Most Valuable Player in the 1979 Grand Final; twenty years later, the Grand Final MVP award would be renamed the Larry Sengstock Medal in his honour.

Sengstock would also win an NBL championship in 1980, again as a St. Kilda Saint. That year he was also named to the Australian Olympic team for the first time and played for the Boomers in Moscow. He also represented Australia at the Los Angeles, Seoul and Barcelona Olympic Games, and at four FIBA World Championship tournaments (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990).

As a member of the Brisbane Bullets he won two more NBL titles in 1985 and 1987, and won his last title as a North Melbourne Giant in 1994.

Sengstock scored 5466 career points and recorded 3221 rebounds; he is tenth on the NBL's all-time rebounding list entering the 2003/04 season.

He was named to the All-NBL First Team in 1982, and was a unanimous selection for the NBL's Hall of Fame in 2001.