Gail Goodrich
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| Full name | Gail Charles Goodrich Junior | |
| Nickname | Stumpy | |
| birthday | April 23, 1943 | |
| place of birth | Los Angeles , United States | |
| size | 185 cm | |
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Shooting Guard / Point Guard |
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| college | UCLA | |
| NBA draft | 1965 , Territorial Pick , Los Angeles Lakers | |
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1965–1968 Los Angeles Lakers 1968–1970 Phoenix Suns 1970–1976 Los Angeles Lakers 1977–1979 New Orleans Jazz
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Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. (born April 23, 1943 in Los Angeles , United States ) is a retired American basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers , Phoenix Suns and New Orleans Jazz in the NBA . The 1.85 meter tall Goodrich played the positions of shooting guard and point guard and won the 1972 NBA title. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
Career
Goodrich played with the UCLA Bruins of famous coach John Wooden during his college days in Los Angeles and won two NCAA Division I basketball championships with the Bruins . In 1965 he was pulled by the local Los Angeles Lakers professional team as a " Territorial pick " and was there behind Jerry West and Mahdi Abdul-Rahman replacement guard. Because he was the smallest Laker, he was called by Captain Elgin Baylor "Stumpy" (Eng. "Dwarf"). In his first three years, Goodrich increased from seven to 13 points per game, but never made it into the starting five.
In 1968 Goodrich was not protected by the Lakers in the Expansion Draft and was thus committed by the newly founded Phoenix Suns . At the Suns, Goodrich became a top performer, scoring over 20 points and seven assists per game, and was signed back by the Lakers in 1971. On his second attempt in Los Angeles, Goodrich won the NBA title alongside Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain in 1972 and was the top scorer on this team. 1973 Goodrich failed in the final at the New York Knicks , reached a career top score of 25.3 points per game the next year and was elected to the All-NBA First Team for the first and only time. Goodrich played in California until 1976, before he was transferred to New Orleans Jazz for several draft picks after failed contract negotiations.
The now 33-year-old Goodrich experienced the fall of his career in jazz. His achievements slowly but surely deteriorated, and in 1979 he retired. As a thank you for his achievements, the Lakers withdrew his shirt with the number 25 forever. Incidentally, three years later the Lakers got a certain Magic Johnson for one of the 1976 draft picks agreed for Goodrich , who would lead Los Angeles to five NBA titles in the eighties.
Goodrich later worked as a golf course builder and as a television basketball analyst.
Private life
Goodrich is his second wife, Toni, who lives in Greenwich, Connecticut. From the first marriage there are three grown children, a son and twin daughters.
See also
Web links
- Career statistics on basketball-reference.com
- Biography on nba.com and Gail Goodrich, Los Angeles Lakers Guard - Sports Illustrated ( September 7, 2008 memento on the Internet Archive )
- Gail Goodrich in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . On: Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018 (in English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ At that time, NBA clubs could sacrifice their first round pick in the draft to win a college player from the same city or in max. Commit 50 miles away.
- ↑ When a new team is formed in the NBA, it can sign players from all other clubs. All other clubs can i. d. Usually 8 or 9 players are excluded from this, so that new teams usually only get old, injured or weak players.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Goodrich, Gail |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gail Charles Goodrich Junior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |