Gail Goodrich
Goodrich, circa 1965–68
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
April 23, 1943 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
John H. Francis Polytechnic (Los Angeles, California) |
| College | UCLA (1962–1965) |
| NBA draft | 1965 / Pick: Territorial |
| Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Playing career | 1965–1979 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 11, 25 |
| Career history | |
| 1965–1968 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1968–1970 | Phoenix Suns |
| 1970–1976 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1976–1979 | New Orleans Jazz |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Points | 19,181 (18.6 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 3,279 (3.2 rpg) |
| Assists | 4,805 (4.7 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
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College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
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Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. (born April 23, 1943) is an American retired professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is best known for scoring a then record 42 points in the 1965 NCAA championship game vs. Michigan, and his part in the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971–72 season. During that season the team won a still-record 33 games consecutively, posted what was at the time the best regular season record in NBA history, and also won the franchise's first NBA championship since relocating to Los Angeles. Goodrich was the leading scorer on that team. He is also acclaimed for leading UCLA to its first two national championships under the legendary coach John Wooden, the first in 1963–64 being a perfect 30-0 season when he played with teammate Walt Hazzard. In 1996, 17 years after his retirement from professional basketball, Goodrich was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
A native of the Los Angeles area, Goodrich was the captain of the John H. Francis Polytechnic High School basketball team that dominated and won the 1961 Los Angeles City high school basketball championship. Goodrich scored 29 points in the championship game despite breaking his ankle in the third quarter.
Goodrich has said that he had originally wanted to attend the University of Southern California (USC), where his father had once been a star player. But coach John Wooden of UCLA ultimately showed much more interest in Goodrich than did USC. Like many Division I colleges, USC was wary of Goodrich's short stature. He was only 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) his junior year in high school and even at his ultimate height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), he was short by college basketball standards.
Goodrich attended UCLA, where he finished as the school's all-time leading scorer and played on the school's first two national championship teams in 1964 and 1965. He was a two-time All-America and the Helms Foundation's "Co-Player of the Year" (along with Princeton's Bill Bradley) in 1965.
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