Calvin Murphy (5'9, 165lbs. [18th Overall] [13 Seasons] [1 All-Star]) - 'My feelings were hurt', 'How dare they treat me that way?'

Born: May 9, 1948. Norwalk, Connecticut

High School: Norwalk High School

College: Niagara University

Calvin Murphy is among the best to ever play in the NBA of 5'9 and below. He had been an All-Star and in 1981 he had led his Rockets to the NBA finals losing to the Boston Celtics. 

In his high school days “We only lived a half-hour from New York City,” Murphy later recalled in the Houston Post. “My brother and I would sneak on the train to go to old Madison Square Garden and watch the pro games. I used to sit there and just visualize me being out there.” One night Murphy saw Oscar Robertson play and, on the way home, vowed he would become a pro basketball player, “come hell or high water.”

Calvin would go on to become a standout player in his high school days and was an All-State selection 3 times, he had 235 scholarship offers. But he chose Niagara University where in his first year he had averaged 38 points per game.

Calvin played with great determination. There was once in a high school tournament where he scored 66 points and still lost. In the locker room he was crying. He was that type of competitor.

http://www.nba.com/history/players/murphy_bio.html

Unfortunatly when the NBA draft came around he was not picked in the first round.