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American basketball player (born 1936)

Lou Pucillo
Personal information
Pucillo with NC State
Born	(1936-12-10) December 10, 1936 (age 88) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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: 9th round, 65th overall pick
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) No. 78 jersey honored by NC State Wolfpack

Stats at Basketball Reference

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

v t e Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
1954: Hemric 1955: Hemric 1956: Shavlik 1957: Rosenbluth 1958: Brennan 1959: Pucillo 1960: Shaffer 1961: Chappell 1962: Chappell 1963: Heyman 1964: Mullins 1965: Cunningham 1966: Vacendak 1967: Miller 1968: Miller 1969: Roche 1970: Roche 1971: C. Davis 1972: Parkhill 1973: Thompson 1974: Thompson 1975: Thompson 1976: Kupchak 1977: Griffin 1978: Ford 1979: Gminski 1980: King 1981: Sampson 1982: Sampson 1983: Sampson 1984: Jordan 1985: Bias 1986: Bias 1987: Grant 1988: Ferry 1989: Ferry 1990: Scott 1991: Monroe 1992: Laettner 1993: Rogers 1994: Hill 1995: J. Smith 1996: Duncan 1997: Duncan 1998: Jamison 1999: Brand 2000: Carrawell 2001: Battier & Forte 2002: Dixon 2003: Howard 2004: Hodge 2005: Redick 2006: Redick 2007: Dudley 2008: Hansbrough 2009: Lawson 2010: Vásquez 2011: N. Smith 2012: Zeller 2013: Green & Larkin 2014: Warren 2015: Okafor 2016: Brogdon 2017: Jackson 2018: Bagley 2019: Williamson 2020: Jones 2021: Wright 2022: Williams 2023: Wong 2024: R. Davis

Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

1954: Hemric
1955: Hemric
1956: Shavlik
1957: Rosenbluth
1958: Brennan
1959: Pucillo
1960: Shaffer
1961: Chappell
1962: Chappell
1963: Heyman
1964: Mullins
1965: Cunningham
1966: Vacendak
1967: Miller
1968: Miller
1969: Roche
1970: Roche
1971: C. Davis
1972: Parkhill
1973: Thompson
1974: Thompson
1975: Thompson
1976: Kupchak
1977: Griffin
1978: Ford
1979: Gminski
1980: King
1981: Sampson
1982: Sampson
1983: Sampson
1984: Jordan
1985: Bias
1986: Bias
1987: Grant
1988: Ferry
1989: Ferry
1990: Scott
1991: Monroe
1992: Laettner
1993: Rogers
1994: Hill
1995: J. Smith
1996: Duncan
1997: Duncan
1998: Jamison
1999: Brand
2000: Carrawell
2001: Battier & Forte
2002: Dixon
2003: Howard
2004: Hodge
2005: Redick
2006: Redick
2007: Dudley
2008: Hansbrough
2009: Lawson
2010: Vásquez
2011: N. Smith
2012: Zeller
2013: Green & Larkin
2014: Warren
2015: Okafor
2016: Brogdon
2017: Jackson
2018: Bagley
2019: Williamson
2020: Jones
2021: Wright
2022: Williams
2023: Wong
2024: R. Davis

v t e ACC Athlete of the Year
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 2022: Pickett 2023: Lowder 2024: Kavanagh
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: Dostal 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: North 2022: North 2023: Tuohy 2024: Walsh

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