Sam Little (basketball)

American basketball player and coach (born 1945)

Sam Little
Personal information
Born (1945-03-29) March 29, 1945 (age 80)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolCarmago/Montgomery County
(Mount Sterling, Kentucky)
CollegeDelta State (1965–1969)
NBA draft1969: undrafted
PositionGuard
Number40
Career history
Playing
1970Kentucky Colonels
Coaching
1972–1974Utah Valley
Career highlights
  • AP Little All-American First Team (1969)
Stats at Basketball Reference 

Samuel Ray Little (born March 29, 1945) is a retired professional basketball player who spent one season in the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a member of the Kentucky Colonels during the 1969–70 season after a successful college career at Delta State University. While he was not drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) after graduating from Delta State, the New Orleans Buccaneers did select him in the 1969 ABA Draft.

Little was also a coach, heading Utah Valley University's men's basketball team for the first two seasons in the program's history (1972–1974).

  • Career statistics from Basketball Reference
  • Delta State Hall of Fame profile


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