- Played for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Baltimore Bullets (1967-1971) and New York Knicks (1971-1980).
- Professional basketball player.
- NBA Rookie of the Year (1968). All-NBA First Team (1969). Four-time NBA All-Star (1969, 1971, 1975, 1977). On Feb. 6, 1970, set an NBA record with 13 points in one overtime in a double overtime victory over Detroit; now second best. NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996). Knicks retired his jersey (#15) in 1986. * * *
- Played for Winston-Salem State (1963-1967). Four-year letter winner. Sporting News First-Team All-America (1966). All-America (1966, 1967). Holds Division II single season record for most points in a season (1,326, 41.5 ppg) in 1967. Outstanding player in NCAA College Division Tournament (MVP). NCAA College Division All-Tournament Team (1967). Enshrined in NAIA Hall of Fame (1975). NAIA Golden Anniversary Team (1986).
- Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990.
- Has type 2 diabetes.
- Inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
- Has four children: Sandy, Rodney, Danielle,and Maya.
- Friends with Walf Frazier.
- Son of Rose Monroe, and Vernon Earl Monroe.
- Brother of Ann Monroe.
- Inducted into the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1977.
- Has four grandchildren: Monroe, Carlia, Harvey, and Darian.
- Inducted into College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
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