Leo Byrd is a professional basketball player who plays Guard as number 44. Byrd’s height is 6 ft 1 in. Byrd’s weight is 170 pounds. Byrd was born on April 14, 1937, in Huntington, West Virginia. This article takes a deep dive into Leo Byrd’s net worth.
Byrd played basketball in college with Marshall Thundering Herd men’s basketball (1956-1959). In the 1959 draft, Byrd was chosen number 25 in round 4 by the Cincinnati Royals.
Some of the highlights of Leo Byrd’s career include: Consensus second-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, 2× First-team All-Mid-American Conference, and Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame.
Byrd won a gold medal in the 1959 Pan American Games in the Basketball at the 1959 Pan American Games event.
Basketball yearly earnings range between a few thousand dollars and millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of statistics. Although most professional NBA players earn a salary of nearly $2 million, some with D-league crossover agreements earn as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is approximately $100 million, although as of today no player makes anywhere near that much money. The top players in the league earn close to $35 million. Outside of the NBA, yearly earnings can dip below $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
So what is basketball player Leo Byrd’s net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Leo Byrd’s net worth as of 2018 is:
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