Nationality American Role Basketball Player Height 2.08 m | Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg) Weight 91 kg Name Reggie Royals Position Center | |
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Born September 18, 1950
Whiteville, North Carolina ( 1950-09-18 ) High school Whiteville (Whiteville, North Carolina) NBA draft 1973 / Round: 5 / Pick: 70th overall 1974–1975 San Diego Conquistadors Died April 16, 2009, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States College Florida State Seminoles men's basketball | ||
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||
Reginald Legrande "Reggie" Royals (September 18, 1950 – April 16, 2009) was an American basketball player who played professionally in the original American Basketball Association.
Royals, a 6'10" center from Whiteville, North Carolina, played college basketball at Florida State University from 1970 to 1973. In his career, Royals averaged 16.7 points and 12.0 rebounds per game and as a junior led the Seminoles to the program's first Final Four in 1972.
Following the close of his college career, Royals was drafted by both the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association (ABA). However, his professional career lasted just two ABA games (and 4 total points) for the San Diego Conquistadors in the 1974–75 season.
Royals died on April 16, 2009 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Wilmington, North Carolina.