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{{Infobox basketball biography<br />
| name = Len Chappell<br />
| image = Len_Chappell.jpg<br />
| width =<br />
| caption = Chappell as a junior at Wake Forest.<br />
| height_ft = 6<br />
| height_in = 8<br />
| weight_lb = 240<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|01|31}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Portage, Pennsylvania]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|07|12|1941|01|31}}<br />
| death_place = [[Oconomowoc, Wisconsin]], U.S.<br />
| high_school = Portage (Portage, Pennsylvania)<br />
| college = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest]] (1959–1962)<br />
| draft_year = 1962<br />
| draft_round = 1<br />
| draft_pick = 4<br />
| draft_team = [[Syracuse Nationals]]<br />
| career_start = 1962<br />
| career_end = 1972<br />
| career_number = 23, 24, 17, 19, 50, 25, 40<br />
| career_position = [[Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|center]]<br />
| years1 = {{nbay|1962|start}}–{{nbay|1963|start}}<br />
| team1 = [[Philadelphia 76ers|Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers]]<br />
| years2 = {{nbay|1963|start}}–{{nbay|1965|end}}<br />
| team2 = [[New York Knicks]] <br />
| years3 = {{nbay|1966|start}}<br />
| team3 = [[Chicago Bulls]]<br />
| years4 = {{nbay|1966|start}}–{{nbay|1967|start}}<br />
| team4 = [[Cincinnati Royals]]<br />
| years5 = {{nbay|1967|full=y}}<br />
| team5 = [[Detroit Pistons]]<br />
| years6 = {{nbay|1968|start}}–{{nbay|1969|end}}<br />
| team6 = [[Milwaukee Bucks]]<br />
| years7 = {{nbay|1970|start}}<br />
| team7 = [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]<br />
| years8 = {{nbay|1970|full=y}}<br />
| team8 = [[Atlanta Hawks]]<br />
| years9 = [[1971–72 ABA season|1971–1972]]<br />
| team9 = [[Dallas Chaparrals]]<br />
| highlights = <br />
* [[NBA All-Star]] ({{nasg|1964}})<br />
* Consensus first-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1962 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1962]])<br />
* 2× [[Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|ACC Player of the Year]] ([[1960–61 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season|1961]], [[1961–62 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season|1962]])<br />
* [[ACC Athlete of the Year]] (1962)<br />
* 3× First-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-ACC]] (1960–1962)<br />
* No. 50 [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Wake Forest Demon Deacons]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Leonard R. Chappell''' (January 31, 1941 – July 12, 2018) was an American [[basketball]] player.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://myfox8.com/2018/07/13/len-chappell-legendary-wake-forest-university-basketball-player-dies-at-77/ | title=Len Chappell, legendary Wake Forest University basketball player, dies at 77 | date=July 13, 2018 }}</ref> He played for 10 years in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) and the [[American Basketball Association]] (ABA) and was selected to one [[NBA All-Star Game]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
===College career===<br />
A 6'8" [[power forward]]/[[center (basketball)|center]], Chappell was a star at [[Wake Forest University]], where he was a teammate of future broadcaster [[Billy Packer]] He helped lead the [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Demon Deacons]] to a third-place finish in the 1962 NCAA tournament and was named [[ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year]] in 1961 and 1962. In 1962, he became Wake Forest's first [[1962 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|consensus All-American]]<ref name=goldstein>{{citation |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |title=Len Chappell, 77, College All-American and N.B.A. All-Star, Dies | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 15, 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/15/obituaries/len-chappell-dead.html}}</ref> He was the ACC tournament's all-time leading scorer until [[Duke University]]'s [[JJ Redick|J. J. Redick]] surpassed him in 2006. Chappell was named to the [[ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team]] in 2002, honoring him as one of the 50 greatest players in [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] history.<br />
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===Professional career===<br />
After college, the [[Syracuse Nationals]] selected him with the fourth pick in the [[1962 NBA draft]]. He played one season with the Nationals. The following year the team moved to [[Philadelphia]] and was renamed the 76ers. After one game in Philadelphia, the [[New York Knicks]] purchased his contract. After moving to New York, he had his best season with 17 points and nine rebounds per game, earning his only All-Star selection.<ref name=goldstein/><br />
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He left New York in 1966 and played for the [[Chicago Bulls]], [[Cincinnati Royals]], [[Detroit Pistons]], [[Milwaukee Bucks]], [[Cleveland Cavaliers]], and [[Atlanta Hawks]]. While on the Bucks during their inaugural season, on December 19, 1968, he scored a career-best 35 points during a 113–111 loss to the [[Chicago Bulls]].<ref>[https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=TDB19681219-01.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- The Daily Banner,Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 December 1968]</ref><ref>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/chapple01.html Len Chappell Game Highs]</ref> He also played one season (1971&ndash;1972) with the [[Dallas Chaparrals]] of the [[American Basketball Association]].<br />
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===Death===<br />
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Chappell suffered a brain hemorrhage after a fall in April 2018 and later suffered a stroke and pneumonia. He died July 12, 2018, in [[Oconomowoc, Wisconsin]].<ref name=goldstein/><br />
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==NBA & ABA career statistics==<br />
{{NBA player statistics legend}}<br />
===Regular season===<br />
{{NBA player statistics start}}<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1962–63 NBA season|1962–63]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1962-63 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]<br />
| '''80''' || - || 15.5 || .465 || - || .622 || 5.8 || 0.7 || - || - || 8.9<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1963–64 NBA season|1963–64]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1963-64 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]<br />
| 1 || - || 16.0 || .000 || - || .500 || 4.0 || 0.0 || - || - || 1.0<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1963–64 NBA season|1963–64]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1963-64 New York Knicks season|New York]]<br />
| 78 || - || '''31.9''' || .449 || - || .716 || '''9.8''' || 1.1 || - || - || '''17.3'''<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1964–65 NBA season|1964–65]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1964-65 New York Knicks season|New York]]<br />
| 43 || - || 15.2 || .395 || - || .680 || 3.3 || 0.3 || - || - || 8.3<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1965–66 NBA season|1965–66]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1965-66 New York Knicks season|New York]]<br />
| 46 || - || 11.8 || .420 || - || .590 || 2.8 || 0.6 || - || - || 5.3<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1966–67 NBA season|1966–67]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1966-67 Chicago Bulls season|Chicago]]<br />
| 19 || - || 9.4 || .449 || - || .667 || 2.0 || 0.6 || - || - || 4.9<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1966–67 NBA season|1966–67]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1966-67 Cincinnati Royals season|Cincinnati]]<br />
| 54 || - || 9.8 || .411 || - || .650 || 2.8 || 0.4 || - || - || 4.1<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1967–68 NBA season|1967–68]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1967-68 Cincinnati Royals season|Cincinnati]]<br />
| 10 || - || 6.5 || .500 || - || .800 || 1.5 || 0.5 || - || - || 3.8<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1967–68 NBA season|1967–68]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1967-68 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]<br />
| 57 || - || 17.5 || '''.514''' || - || .707 || 6.1 || 0.8 || - || - || 10.0<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1968–69 NBA season|1968–69]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1968-69 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee]]<br />
| 80 || - || 27.6 || .454 || - || .737 || 8.0 || '''1.2''' || - || - || 14.6<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1969–70 NBA season|1969–70]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1969-70 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee]]<br />
| 75 || - || 15.1 || .465 || - || .640 || 3.7 || 0.7 || - || - || 8.3<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1970–71 NBA season|1970–71]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1970-71 Cleveland Cavaliers season|Cleveland]]<br />
| 6 || - || 14.3 || .395 || - || .786 || 3.0 || 0.2 || - || - || 6.8<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1970–71 NBA season|1970–71]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1970-71 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]]<br />
| 42 || - || 10.7 || .441 || - || '''.811''' || 3.2 || 0.4 || - || - || 4.8<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1971–72 ABA season|1971–72]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1971-72 Dallas Chaparrals season|Dallas]]<br />
| 79 || - || 17.8 || .452 || - || .746 || 4.0 || 0.9 || - || - || 7.7<br />
|- class="sortbottom"<br />
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career<br />
| 670 || - || 17.9 || .452 || - || .697 || 5.1 || 0.8 || - || - || 9.3<br />
|}<br />
===Playoffs===<br />
{{NBA player statistics start}}<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1962–63 NBA season|1962–63]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1962-63 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]<br />
| 4 || - || 13.3 || .190 || - || '''.813''' || '''4.5''' || 0.8 || - || - || 5.3<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1966–67 NBA season|1966–67]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1966-67 Cincinnati Royals season|Cincinnati]]<br />
| 4 || - || 16.5 || .370 || - || .500 || 3.3 || '''2.3''' || - || - || 5.5<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1967–68 NBA season|1967–68]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1967-68 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]<br />
| 5 || - || 4.2 || .286 || - || .500 || 2.4 || 0.0 || - || - || 1.4<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1969–70 NBA season|1969–70]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1969-70 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee]]<br />
| '''9''' || - || 14.8 || '''.560''' || - || .684 || 2.9 || 0.6 || - || - || '''7.7'''<br />
|-<br />
| align="left" | [[1971–72 ABA season|1971–72]]<br />
| align="left" | [[1971-72 Dallas Chaparrals season|Dallas]]<br />
| 4 || - || '''22.3''' || .500 || - || .625 || '''4.5''' || 0.8 || - || - || 7.3<br />
|- class="sortbottom"<br />
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career<br />
| 26 || - || 13.9 || .434 || - || .679 || 3.3 || 0.8 || - || - || 5.7<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{basketballstats|bbr=c/chapple01|name=Len Chappell}}<br />
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