Vernon Earl Monroe is a retired American professional ... as the second overall pick in the 1967 NBA Draft by the Baltimore Bullets (now the Washington Wizards). In his rookie year, he averaged ...

‘God couldn’t go 1-on-1 with Earl’ A 6-foot-3 guard, Monroe made All-American as a senior. The Baltimore Bullets drafted him No. 2 overall in the NBA draft in 1967, ahead of both Southern ...

“God couldn’t go one-on-one with Earl Monroe,” a teammate declared during his prime in the late 1960s and ’70s. A half-century later, as he turns 80 years old Thursday, Monroe struggles to ...

Earl Monroes twisting ... the College Division national championship in 1967. Monroe then dazzled professionally with the Baltimore Bullets where he and fellow Hall of Famer Wes Unseld created ...

Nobody, apparently, except the Bullets. Last week ... and the remarkable performance of a rookie. The star is Earl (“the Pearl”) Monroe. The rookie is Westley Unseld, 22, a relatively small ...