Lou Pucillo

Lou Pucillo
Personal information
Born	December 10, 1936 (age 85); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school	Southeast Catholic; (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Temple Prep; (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania);
College	NC State (1956–1959)
NBA draft	1959 / Round: 9 / Pick: 65th overall
	Selected by the St. Louis Hawks
Position	Point guard
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-American – USBWA (1959); Second-team All-American – AP (1959); Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1959); ACC Player of the Year (1959); ACC Athlete of the Year (1959); 2× First-team All-ACC (1958, 1959);

Lou Pucillo (born December 10, 1936) is an American former college basketball player for North Carolina State University from 1956 to 1959. Being only 5 foot 9 inches and 155 lbs., he was the smallest player to ever be recruited by Everett Case. As a guard for the Wolfpack he scored 944 points in 74 games. He was named on the first-team for the ACC in 1958 and 1959, the first team for the ACC Tournament in 1958 and 1959, and in 1959 he was named ACC Player of the Year.

After graduating from N.C. State, Pucillo played for the Wichita Vickers in National Industrial Basketball League and later played for Sunbury in the Eastern Professional Basketball League. After quitting his professional basketball career, he later coached freshman basketball at N.C. State for three seasons before leaving to enter private business.

In 1991, he was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

References[]

NC Sports Hall of Hame bio

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Athlete of the Year	1954: Shankle 1955: Hemric 1956: Sime 1957: Rosenbluth 1958: Christy 1959: Pucillo 1960: McGee 1961: Gabriel 1962: Chappell 1963: Heyman 1964: Mullins 1965: Piccolo 1966: Talbott 1967: Bryant 1968: Miller 1969: Quayle 1970: Scott 1971: McCauley 1972: Parkhill 1973: Thompson 1974: Waldrop 1975: Thompson 1976: Lucas 1977: Ford 1978: Ford 1979: Nehemiah 1980: Shea 1981: Shea 1982: Worthy 1983: Sampson 1984: Jordan 1985: Surhoff 1986: Bias 1987: Ingram 1988: Ferry 1989: Ferry
Male Athlete of the Year	1990: Hines 1991: Laettner 1992: Laettner 1993: C. Ward 1994: C. Ward 1995: Childress 1996: Benson 1997: Duncan 1998: Jamison 1999: Brand 2000: Hamilton 2001: Battier 2002: Dixon 2003: Rotelli 2004: Rivers 2005: May 2006: Redick 2007: Dix 2008: Hansbrough 2009: Hill 2010: Crotty 2011: Makusha 2012: Kuechly 2013: Jenkins 2014: Winston 2015: Tomlinson 2016: Watson 2017: Watson 2018: Jackson 2019: Williamson 2020: Robinson 2021: Lawrence
Female Athlete of the Year	1990: Higgins 1991: Staley 1992: Staley 1993: Hamm 1994: Smith 1995: Venturini 1996: Amonte 1997: Forbes 1998: Webb 1999: Parlow 2000: Adams 2001: Adams 2002: Bielik 2003: Beard 2004: Beard 2005: 2006: Infante 2007: Harding 2008: Tincher 2009: Nogueira 2010: Engen 2011: O'Donnell 2012: R. Ward 2013: Dunn 2014: Thomas 2015: Brian 2016: Seidel 2017: Kent 2018: Ogunbowale 2019: Hoffman 2020: Matson 2021:

Personal information
Born	(1936-12-10) December 10, 1936 (age 85) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school	Southeast Catholic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Temple Prep (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College	NC State (1956–1959)
NBA draft	1959 / Round: 9 / Pick: 65th overall
Selected by the St. Louis Hawks
Position	Point guard
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-American – USBWA (1959) Second-team All-American – AP (1959) Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1959) ACC Player of the Year (1959) ACC Athlete of the Year (1959) 2× First-team All-ACC (1958, 1959)