Cleo Littleton

Cleo Littleton
Littleton with the Wichita Vickers.
Personal information
Born (1932-12-31) December 31, 1932
Rentiesville, Oklahoma
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school Wichita East (Wichita, Kansas)
College Wichita State (1951–1955)
NBA draft 1955 / Round: 5 / Pick: 38th overall
Selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons
Position Forward
Career highlights and awards

Cleophus "Cleo" Littleton (born December 31, 1932) is a former American college basketball player who played for Wichita State University, then known as The Municipal University of Wichita.

Littleton was the first college basketball player located west of the Mississippi River to score more than 2,000 points in his career and remains the all-time leading scorer in Wichita State basketball history.[1] Littleton's career was also notable in that he was one of the first African American basketball players to star in the Missouri Valley Conference.[2]

Littleton was drafted by the NBA Fort Wayne Pistons in 1955, but on the advice of coach Ralph Miller, he opted to stay in Wichita, playing with the Vickers AAU team, and beginning his business career.[3] In 1987, he started his own construction company, Litco Inc., which he still managed as of 2000.[4] He was named the 2004 Small Business Administration's (SBA) Graduate of the Year.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Shocker Summer: Cleo Littleton earns a college hoops first". www.kansas.com. The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Shocker Basketball History". www.goshockers.com. Wichita State University Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.kshof.org/inductees/2-kansas-sports-hall-of-fame/inductees/177-littleton-cleo.html
  4. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2000/09/11/story8.html
  5. ↑ http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=foundation&p=/spiritofthegiftbiographyproject/biographies/cleolittletonendowedmensbasketballscholarshi/
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