| Len Hatzenbeller | |
| Career Number: | 41 |
| Career Position: | Center |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lbs: | 215 |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| College: | Drexel (1977–1981) |
| Draft Year: | 1981 |
| Draft Team: | Indiana Pacers |
| Draft Round: | 8 |
| Draft Pick: | 174 |
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Leonard Phillip Hatzenbeller Jr. (born May 6, 1959) is an American former basketball center. In college, he competed for Drexel. He was both an honorable mention All-American and the East Coast Conference Player of the Year in 1981.
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hatzenbeller attended Cardinal Dougherty High School in Philadelphia before transferring to William Tennent High School in Warminster.[1] As a senior he averaged approximately 21 points and 15 rebounds per game.[1] Hatzenbeller received a scholarship to play for nearby Drexel University, where from 1977 to 1981 he set eight then-school records, including the single season marks for scoring average (21.4), points (589) and field goals (214).[2] He was honored as a first-team all-East Coast Conference (ECC) player as a senior along with the All-American and conference player of the year honors.[3] [4] [5]
After graduation, Hatzenbeller was selected in the 1981 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers (8th round, 174th overall)[6] but never played in the league.[7] In 1981–82 he competed for a professional team in Uppsala, Sweden before returning to the United States.[8] In December 1982 he was one of the final cuts of the Continental Basketball Association's Rochester Zeniths.[9]
In 1988, Hatzenbeller was inducted into Drexel's athletics hall of fame.[2]