Jerry Buss

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Jerry Buss in 2009

Gerald Hatten "Jerry" Buss (born January 27, 1933 in Salt Lake City , Utah , † February 18, 2013 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American entrepreneur and majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers , a franchise of the NBA basketball league . During his tenure, the Lakers won the championship ten times .

Life

Buss studied at the University of Wyoming , where he made his Bachelor of Science degree in two and a half years in 1953 . He then moved to Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California , where he received his Masters of Science and PhD in physical chemistry at the age of 24 .

Buss worked as a chemist for the Bureau of Mines , now the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Shortly thereafter, he worked for the aerospace industry. After this time he moved to a real estate company.

Sports engagement

In 1979, Buss took over the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings for $ 67.5 million from then owner Jack Kent Cooke . This was the largest transaction in American sports to date. In 1987 Buss sold the Kings to Bruce McNall . He took over the Los Angeles Sparks from the WNBA in 1997 .

Under him and with players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Magic Johnson , James Worthy , Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant , the Lakers became one of the most successful and top-selling clubs in the NBA. During his tenure, the Los Angeles Sparks won the WNBA championship title twice. In 2006 he sold the Sparks to Carla Christofferson and Kathy Goodman . In 2010 he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a promoter of the sport .

Buss has passed responsibility for the LA Lakers to his son Jim and daughter Jeanie. He was a semi-professional poker player and won more than $ 170,000 in prize money in tournaments .

See also

Web links

Commons : Jerry Buss  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matt Brigidi: Jerry Buss dies: Remembering his time as Los Angeles Kings owner. SB Nation, February 18, 2013, accessed February 19, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Jerry Buss in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 19, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Buss, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buss, Gerald Hatten (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and basketball official
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Salt Lake City , Utah , United States
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 2013
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States