{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Mike Largey | image = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 230 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|8|9}} | birth_place = Red Bank, New Jersey | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | high_school = Red Bank Catholic<br>(Red Bank, New Jersey) | college = Upsala (1978–1982) | draft_year = 1982 | draft_round = 3 | draft_pick = 58 | draft_team = Washington Bullets | career_start = | career_end = | career_number = | career_position = Power forward | years1 = | team1 = | highlights = }} '''Michael Patrick Largey''' (born August 9, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Mike-Largey/Summary/64647|title=Mike Largey Player Profile, Upsala College, NCAA Stats, Awards |website=RealGM}}</ref> He played the power forward position.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4851:mike-largey&catid=92:1982-nba-draft&Itemid=342|title=Mike Largey|website=The Draft Review}}</ref> He and two of his college basketball teammates were nicknamed the "Bruise Brothers" by their college coach.<ref>Jim Harter (January 21, 1982). [https://udspace.udel.edu/bitstream/handle/19716/11644/udr_106_30.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y "Men's Basketball Team Falls to Upsala,"] ''The Review''.</ref> He played four seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, from 1984 to 1987.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/>
==Biography== Largey was born in Red Bank, New Jersey.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/> He was listed at {{convert|6|ft|8|in}} and {{convert|230|lbs}}.<ref name="auto1"/> He was raised in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown Township, New Jersey and attended Red Bank Catholic High School.<ref>[http://www.digifind-it.com/redbank/data/yearbooks/rbc/1978.pdf ''Red Bank Catholic High School Yearbook Emerald '78'']</ref><ref>Handleman, Bill. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/145092617/ "Largey enjoying status in Israel as star player"], ''Asbury Park Press'', July 13, 1986. Accessed May 4, 2021. "Back in 1983, Michael Patrick Largey was a household name in Port Monmouth, Middletown Township, and that was about it. He had emerged from Red Bank Catholic High School not knowing whether he wanted to kick footballs or shoot basketballs."</ref>
He then attended Upsala College.<ref name="auto1"/> Largey played basketball for the Upsala Vikings from 1978 to 1982.<ref name="auto3"/> He was named to the 1981–82 National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III All-America Team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nabc.com/awards/all_america/division_III/1980|title=NABC Division III All-America Teams|website=National Association of Basketball Coaches }}</ref> He also played for the football team for two seasons, as a place-kicker.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17358093/upsala-2/|title=Remember Upsala for what it used to be|date=May 28, 1995|author=Elliot Denman|page=112|work=Asbury Park Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Crusader-Vol_21_Nos_1-28_Sept_1979-May_1980|title= Crusaders Strong But Fall To Upsala 16 – 6|author=Jeff Mitler |work= Crusader (Vol. 21; Nos. 1–28)|volume=21|date=December 12, 1979|publisher=Susquehanna University}}</ref>
He was drafted in Round 3, with the 58th overall pick, of the 1982 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets.<ref name="auto3"/><ref>Ronn Levine (July 8, 1982). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1982/07/08/bullets-anderson-makes-impression-in-a-hurry/e4801652-4d7a-4a7a-ba22-29e7e561f496/ "Bullets' Anderson Makes Impression—in a Hurry,"] ''The Washington Post''.</ref> Largey played one season with the Maine Lumberjacks of the Continental Basketball Association.<ref name="auto2"/>
Largey played four seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/all-time-players.asp?PlayerId=10254|title=מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | היסטוריה | קלעי כל הזמנים | מייק לארגי|website=basket.co.il}}</ref> He played in all of them for Hapoel Tel Aviv, from 1984 to 1987, averaging a career-high 25.2 points per game in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/C2_85gd.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601212440/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/C2_85gd.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 1, 2012|title=Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85 (Game details)|website=linguasport.com}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
He later became a systems analyst for AT&T.<ref name="auto2"/>
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==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw6PhgZzwHA "Mike Largey Wishing Hapoel Tel Aviv Luck,"] video, April 23, 2012.
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