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HIGH
SCHOOL:
Crispus Attucks (1956)
COLLEGE:
University of Cincinnati (1960)
Led Crispus Attucks to 2 straight state championships in '55 and '56...'56 team was first to win state crown with undefeated record...Mr. Basketball...2-time All-State...high school All-American...MVP of Indiana-Kentucky all-star game...3-time All-American at University
of Cincinnati ...3-time player of the year...led nation in scoring 3 years...his 2,973 points was an NCAA record...gold medal winner on '59 Pan American team...co-captain of '60 Olympic gold
medalists ... NBA's MVP in '64. All NBA 11 of 14 seasons…3-time MVP of all-star game…only NBA player ever to average a "triple-double" for an entire season. Inducted into Naismith Hall of Fame in 1980. |