Larry Jeffries
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Alton (Alton, Illinois) |
| College | Trinity (Texas) (1965–1969) |
| NBA draft | 1969 / Round: 6 / Pick: 75th overall |
| Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |
| Position | Forward |
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Larry Jeffries is an American former basketball player who is best known for his collegiate career at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas between 1965–66 and 1968–69. He is 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), played the forward position and secured himself as one of the greatest players in Southland Conference men's basketball history. He was a two-time Southland Conference Player of the Year, four-time all-conference selection and a consensus First Team NCAA Division II All-American as a senior. His 2,464 points are the most in school history and he also holds many other records at Trinity. He was selected in the 1969 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons as well as the 1969 ABA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.
Jeffries grew up in Illinois and attended Alton High School in Alton, Illinois. While playing for the Alton Redbirds he was named the area's most valuable player as a senior in 1964–65.
He enrolled at Trinity University, a Division II school at the time, and went on to spearhead one of the most successful time periods in the program's early history. Over the four years that Jeffries played for the Tigers they had a cumulative record of 69 wins and 28 losses. In 1968–69, after compiling a 19–5 record and winning the conference, Trinity earned a berth into the 1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (the Southland Conference had its first season as a Division I conference in 1968–69 and Trinity became the first team to represent them in the tournament). The Tigers lost to Texas A&M in the opening round, 81–66.
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