(1940-03-30) March 30, 1940 (age 84) Middletown, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight
230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school
Middletown (Middletown, Ohio)
College
Ohio State (1959–1962)
NBA draft
1962: territorial pick
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals
Playing career
1962–1974
Position
Power forward
Number
16, 47, 32
Career history
1963–1969
Cincinnati Royals
1969–1971
San Francisco Warriors
1971–1974
New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1973)
7× NBA All-Star (1964–1969, 1971)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1965)
3× All-NBA First Team (1965, 1966, 1968)
2× All-NBA Second Team (1964, 1967)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1964)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1964)
NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
NCAA champion (1960)
2× NCAA Final Four MOP (1960, 1961)
2× Consensus National College Player of the Year (1961, 1962)
3× Consensus first-team All-American (1960–1962)
3× First-team All-Big Ten (1960–1962)
2× NCAA rebounding leader (1961, 1962)
No. 11 retired by Ohio State Buckeyes
2× Mr. Basketball USA (1957, 1958)
2× First-team Parade All-American (1957, 1958)
Career NBA statistics
Points
14,053 (17.0 ppg)
Rebounds
12,942 (15.6 rpg)
Assists
2,732 (3.3 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games
1960 Rome
Team competition
Jerry Ray Lucas (born March 30, 1940) is an American former basketball player. He was a nationally awarded high school player, national college star at Ohio State, and 1960 gold medal Olympian and international player before later starring as a professional player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
As a collegian, Lucas led the Ohio State Buckeyes to three straight NCAA finals (1960–1962), winning the national championship in 1960, and finishing as runner-up in 1961 and 1962.[1] He is the only three-time Big Ten Basketball Player of the Year and was named the NCAA Player of the Year in 1961 and 1962 by the United States Basketball Writers Association (now Oscar Robertson Award), the Associated Press, and the Sporting News.[2]
As a professional, Lucas was named All-NBA First Team three times,[3] All-NBA Second Team twice,[3] an NBA All-Star seven times (including six years in a row),[4] was the 1964 NBA Rookie of the Year,[5] and was named Most Valuable Player of the 1965 NBA All-Star Game[6] among other honors and awards. He was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.[7]
^"NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship History". NCAA.com. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
^"2019–2020 Big Ten Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). p. 102. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
^ ab"Year-by-year All-NBA Teams". NBA.com. May 23, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
^"Jerry Lucas". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
^"NBA & ABA Rookie of the Year Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
^NBA.com Staff (August 24, 2017). "1965 NBA All-Star recap". NBA.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
^"Jerry R. Lucas". hoophall.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
Jerry Ray Lucas (born March 30, 1940) is an American former basketball player. He was a nationally awarded high school player, national college star at...
Award in same year. Though drafted in 1962 by the Cincinnati Royals, JerryLucas did not sign with the team until 1963 when he tried to sign with the...
Kevin McHale, Charles Barkley, Dennis Rodman, Elvin Hayes, Bob Pettit, JerryLucas, Dave Debusschere, and Tim Duncan. "ESPN.com's Greatest Power Forwards"...
University's Schmidt Field House. In late 1963, another local superstar, JerryLucas, joined the team. The Royals rose to the second-best record in the NBA...
Knicks were back in the playoffs. For some of the Knicks, including JerryLucas and Earl Monroe, this was probably their last shot at an NBA title. In...
up a scholarship offer from Ohio State to avoid becoming a backup to JerryLucas, a high school rival, Thurmond chose to play college basketball at Bowling...
signed Ohio State University All-American JerryLucas to a player-management contract on May 16, 1962. Lucas announced the signing in a bylined article...
from the original on November 13, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2021. "JerryLucas Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved August 28, 2009. "Karl Malone...
basketball at Ohio State University with future seven-time NBA All-Star JerryLucas, who was his roommate, future first-round NBA draft pick Larry Siegfried...
team in Ohio, so the NBA granted them the rights to pick Lucas as their territorial pick. Lucas also qualified under the same criterion as Chamberlain,...
victory against the Golden State Warriors, joining Clyde Frazier and JerryLucas as the only players in franchise history to accomplish the feat. On April...
but his replacement, JerryLucas, scored 26 points on 13 of 21 shooting to lead the Knicks to the win in the series opener. Lucas, a 6'9" center, was an...
"Michael Jordan Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved August 11, 2009. "JerryLucas Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved August 28, 2009. "Karl Malone...
unequalled until the 1996 Bulls finished 72–10. Led by Chamberlain and Jerry West, the Lakers won their first title in Los Angeles; their last title...
Bill McGill was the first overall pick, although Dave DeBusschere and JerryLucas had been taken before the draft as their teams' territorial picks. Art...
75–55 victory in the final game over California, coached by Pete Newell. JerryLucas of Ohio State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. * –...
Global Information
