Boo Ellis

Alex "Boo" Ellis (February 11, 1936 – May 6, 2010) was an American professional basketball player for the Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ellis played in the league for just the and seasons and averaged 5.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. He led the school to 25–3 record and a 1954 state championship as a senior, garnering first team all-state and state tournament MVP honors that year. In his first season of eligibility, Ellis grabbed a school single season record 485 rebounds, only to break his own record the next two consecutive years with 522 and 526, respectively. He also guided the Purple Eagles to two National Invitation Tournament (NIT) berths in his three-year career. Ellis was selected as the EPBL Most Valuable Player and a member of the All-EPBL First Team in 1961 and to the All-EPBL Second Team in 1962. He also played three seasons with the Marcus Haynes Fabulous Magicians, a traveling professional team. In his later life, Ellis worked as a security guard in his hometown of Hamilton. He spent two and a half years of his life living with his daughter in Indianapolis, before succumbing the effects of a heart attack he had suffered two weeks earlier. Ellis died on May 6, 2010, at age 74.

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