Leroy Edwards was a professional basketball player who played Center as number 25, 29. Edwards died on August 25, 1971, in Lawrence, Indiana. Edwards was born on April 11, 1914, in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Edwards’s height was 6 ft 5 in. This article takes a deep dive into Leroy Edwards’s net worth.
In high school, Leroy Edwards played basketball for Arsenal Technical High School(Indianapolis, Indiana). Edwards played basketball in college with Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball (1934-1935) and started playing professionally in 1935. Edwards left the game of basketball in 1949.
Edwards played for the Indianapolis U. S. Tire during 1935-1936 as well as the Oshkosh All-Stars in 1937-1949. Some of the highlights of Leroy Edwards’s career included: 2× NBL champion, 3× league scoring leader, 3× NBL MVP, 6× All-NBL first team, 2× All-NBL second team, Consensus NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, and Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year.
Basketball yearly earnings vary between $20,000 and tens of millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of factors. Although typical NBA players earn a salary of about $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover agreements earn as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is close to $100 million, although as of today nobody earns anywhere near that amount. The top players earn close to $35 million. Outside of the NBA, annual payments can be under $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
So what was basketball player Leroy Edwards’s net worth at the time of death? Our estimate for Leroy Edwards’s net worth at death is:
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