(1934-09-16)September 16, 1934 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died
March 22, 2021(2021-03-22) (aged 86) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight
225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school
Phelps (Washington, D.C.)
Spingarn (Washington, D.C.)
College
College of Idaho (1954–1955)
Seattle (1956–1958)
NBA draft
1958: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers
Playing career
1958–1971
Position
Small forward
Number
22
Coaching career
1974–1979
Career history
As player:
1958–1971
Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers
As coach:
1974–1976
New Orleans Jazz (assistant)
1974
New Orleans Jazz (interim)
1976–1979
New Orleans Jazz
Career highlights and awards
As player:
11× NBA All-Star (1959–1965, 1967–1970)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1959)
10× All-NBA First Team (1959–1965, 1967–1969)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1959)
NBA anniversary team (35th, 50th, 75th)
No. 22 retired by Los Angeles Lakers
NCAA final Four Most Outstanding Player (1958)
Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1958)
Consensus first-team All-American (1958)
Consensus second-team All-American (1957)
NCAA season rebounds leader (1957)
No. 22 retired by Seattle Redhawks
As executive:
NBA Executive of the Year (2006)
Career statistics
Points
23,149 (27.4 ppg)
Rebounds
11,463 (13.5 rpg)
Assists
3,650 (4.3 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Elgin Gay Baylor (/ˈɛldʒɪn/EL-jin; September 16, 1934 – March 22, 2021) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers. Baylor was a gifted shooter, a strong rebounder, and an accomplished passer, who was best known for his trademark hanging jump shot. The No. 1 draft pick in 1958, NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959, 11-time NBA All-Star, and a 10-time member of the All-NBA first team, Baylor is regarded as one of the game's all-time greatest players.[1] In 1977, Baylor was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[2] In 1996, Baylor was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.[3] In October 2021, Baylor was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. Baylor is the leader for most career rebounds in Lakers franchise history with 11,463.[4]
Baylor spent 22 years as general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers, having managed the team for the majority of the Donald Sterling ownership period. He won the NBA Executive of the Year Award in 2006. Two years later, the Clippers relieved him of his executive duties shortly before the 2008–09 season began.[5] In 1974, he volunteered to play a mixed doubles exhibition tennis match with Tracy Austin against Lawrence McCutcheon and Lea Antonopolis in Clarement, California, for a sold-out crowd.
His popularity led to appearances on the television series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in 1968; the Jackson 5's first TV special in 1971; a Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "Olympiad"; and an episode of The White Shadow titled "If Your Number's Up, Get Down".
^"Elgin Baylor: Complete Bio". nba.com. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
^"Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 15, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
^"NBA at 50: Top 50 Players". NBA.com. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
^NBA 75th Anniversary Team
^"Clippers players shocked Baylor is out". Ocregister.com. October 8, 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
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brand. Likewise, NBA Hall of Famer ElginBaylor was named after the Elgin National Watch Company. Front of an Elgin pocket watch from 1911 in a hunter-style...
Most free throws made, one series (82) – ElginBaylor (1962) Game Most points, one game (61) – ElginBaylor (1962) Most assists, one game (21) – Magic...
Basketball Hall of Fame after championship careers with the Boston Celtics. ElginBaylor and Sam Jones, who were selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the later...
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also the only coach to have a number retired by the Jazz ("1" in 1988). ElginBaylor and Layden have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Jazz...
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seasons after beating Baltimore in six games, though it came at a cost as ElginBaylor suffered a knee injury that would sideline him for the rest of the playoffs...
steals Sam Jones' inbound pass and hit the game winning buzzer-beater. ElginBaylor's 61 points sets a Finals record for an individual scorer in a game. Frank...
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