Scott May
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Gold | 1976 Montreal | United States | |
Scott Glenn May (born March 19, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player. He was born in in Sandusky, Ohio.
May was a power forward on the 1976 Indiana basketball team that went undefeated and won the NCAA Championship under coach Bobby Knight. May was named NCAA men's basketball national player of the year in 1976. He won a gold medal as a member of the United States basketball team in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
The Chicago Bulls chose May with the second overall pick in the 1976 NBA Draft. He played seven seasons, scoring 3,690 points and pulling down 1,450 rebounds.
May and his wife, Debbie, have two sons who were members of basketball teams that played in NCAA national championship games. Scott May Jr. was a member of the 2002 Indiana team that lost to Maryland. Sean May helped North Carolina win a national championship in 2005 and currently plays for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats.
[edit] Trivia
- Scott May scored 26 points in the NCAA Championship Final Four and that feat was also done by his son Sean May in 2005 in the NCAA Championship game against Illinois.
| Preceded by David Thompson |
Naismith College Player of the Year (men) 1976 |
Succeeded by Marques Johnson |
[edit] References
NCAA, NCAA March Madness: Cinderellas, Superstars, and Champions from the NCAA Men's Final Four : Chicago: Triumph Books, 2004. ISBN 1-57243-665-4
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Categories: 1954 births | African American basketball players | American basketball players | Chicago Bulls players | Detroit Pistons players | Milwaukee Bucks players | Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball players | Living people | Olympic competitors for the United States | Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics | People from Sandusky, Ohio | Summer Olympics medalists | Olympic gold medalists for the United States
