Mike Silliman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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basketball player
Date of Birth: 05-May-1944
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: 16-Jun-2000
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Mike Silliman
- Michael Barnwell Silliman (May 5, 1944 – June 16, 2000) was an American professional basketball player.
- He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Silliman was a 6'6" forward from West Point, where he played for coach Bob Knight and took Army to the NIT Semi-Finals in 1964, 1965, and 1966.
- He participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal as captain of the United States national basketball team.
- He also played for the United States men's national basketball team at the 1967 FIBA World Championship and the 1970 FIBA World Championship.
- He later played one season (1970–71) with the Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association.
- Silliman scored 91 points in 36 NBA games. Silliman had 55 scholarship offers coming out of St.
- Xavier High School in Kentucky.
- He was Army's all-time leading scorer at the time of his 1966 graduation and now stands 10th in Academy history with 1,342 points.
- A three-year basketball letter winner and All-American, Silliman netted more than 1,000 points without the benefit of the three-point line and without the shot clock to speed up shooting.
- In addition to his career averages of a double-double with 19.7 points per game and 11.5 rebounds per game, Silliman was also an Academic All-American. Silliman also earned three letters in baseball while at West Point.
- He was a member of the 1966 team that finished 16-4 and won its second straight Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League championship. Silliman was inducted into the Army Sport Hall of Fame in 2008.
- His jersey (#20) was retired by West Point in January, 2015.
- Army is the fourth Hall of Fame to induct Silliman, joining the Kentucky Athletic, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association and St.
- Xavier's. Bob Knight has said on several occasions that Silliman is the best college player he's ever coached. Silliman died of a heart attack at age 56 in 2000.
- He is interred at Calvary Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky.
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