LeRoy Ellis(II)
LeRoy Ellis (March 10, 1940 - June 2, 2012) was an American basketball player. A 6'11" center from St. John's University, Ellis set the St. John's records for highest rebounding average in a season (16.5) and most rebounds in one game with 30. In his senior year, he received the 1962 Haggerty Award as the All-Metropolitan New York Division I men's college basketball player of the year. Ellis died of prostate cancer on June 2, 2012, at the age of 72.