Norm Van Lier
Norman Allen Van Lier III (April 1, 1947 – February 26, 2009) was an NBA basketball player and television broadcaster who spent the majority of his career with the Chicago Bulls.
Biography
Norman Van Lier was born in East Liverpool, Ohio to Helen and Norm Sr., who worked in a steel mill for 31 years. He was raised, along with three brothers and a sister, in Midland, Pennsylvania. Van Lier had three other brothers who died after birth; he named one of them Elgin Baylor Van Lier I. Van Lier would look back fondly to his childhood playing tackle football with a taped coffee can for a ball due to their circumstances. He would later credit this upbringing in forming his famed work ethic later in life.
Van Lier was a member of the 1965 Midland High School Leopards, considered by many to be one of the greatest high school basketball teams of all time, finishing 28-0 and easily winning the Pennsylvania State Championship. One of Van Lier's teammates was future NBA player Simmie Hill. During weekends, Van Lier would hitchhike to the playgrounds in Harlem, once even playing with Billy Cunningham.
Van Lier, Norm Filmography
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2008, role: actor , character name: Coach
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2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2004, role: actor , character name: Customer Sam
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2002, role: actor , character name: Customer Sam
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1999, role: producer
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1977, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1976, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1974, role: actor , character name: Himself
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