Education
Harlan Community Academy High School.
Harlan Community Academy High School.
He remains Colorado"s career leader in points per game and rebounds per game. Meely was a Big Eight all-conference performer all three years at Colorado, and was a first-team All American as a senior. He is the only Colorado basketball player to have his number retired.
He was drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 1971 National Basketball Association Draft.
He played for the Rockets for five years, before being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in his last National Basketball Association season. He went on to play two years in Europe before recurring back spasms forced his retirement.
His best season statistically was his rookie season, when he averaged 9.9 points and 6.6 rebounds per games. Meely died at a Boulder, Colorado hospital in 2013 of a blood infection.
He was 65.