Larry Sengstock (born 4 March 1960 in

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Career

Larry was born in Maryborough Qld. He was a champion swimmer but was lured to the sport of basketball by his primary school teacher Ray Alloway. Larry was a tall boy for his age and Ray Alloway thought he would be a great asset to the game of basketball. Larry was taught the fundamentals of the game by his school teacher, which led them both to succeed together in Regional, State and Australian Championships. Becoming the First Queensland team to win at an Australian Championship in 1975. Larry completed his senior year at Aldridge State High School in Maryborough. Many visiting teams from the USA made offers for him to move to the US, but he stayed in Australia. He has always accredited his first coach/School teacher, Ray Alloway for giving him a solid grounding in the fundamentals of the game. Larry played for Lang Park Basketball club as a junior. He was one of the star players in the early years of Australia's fledgling National Basketball League (NBL). Sengstock played 456 NBL games over 18 seasons, starting with the

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and later playing for the

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. Sengstock won five NBL championship rings, his first coming in

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with St Kilda. He was named Most Valuable Player in the 1979 Grand Final; twenty years later, the Grand Final MVP award would be renamed the ''Larry Sengstock Medal'' in his honour. Sengstock would also win an NBL championship in

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, again with St. Kilda. That year he was also named to the

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for the first time and played for the

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. He also represented Australia at the

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) and

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, and at four

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World Championship tournaments (

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and

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). As a member of the Brisbane Bullets he won two more NBL titles in

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and

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, and won his last title as a North Melbourne Giant in

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. Sengstock scored 5,466 career points (11.9 ppg) and recorded 3,221 rebounds (7.0 rpg); He is tenth on the NBL's all-time rebounding list entering the 2003/04 season.

Accolades

He was named to the All-NBL First Team in

, and was a unanimous selection for the NBL's Hall of Fame in 2001.

Honour roll

NBL career stats

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sengstock, Larry 1960 births Living people Australian men's basketball players 1978 FIBA World Championship players 1982 FIBA World Championship players 1990 FIBA World Championship players Australian sports executives and administrators Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Brisbane Brisbane Bullets players Gold Coast Rollers players North Melbourne Giants players Olympic basketball players of Australia People from Maryborough, Queensland Small forwards 1986 FIBA World Championship players Sportsmen from Queensland