Gail Goodrich
Basketball, Basketball Player
1943 –
Who is Gail Goodrich?
Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. 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. In 1996, 17 years after his retirement from professional basketball, Goodrich was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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- Born
- Apr 23, 1943
Los Angeles - Also known as
- Gail Charles Goodrich, Jr.
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- John H. Francis Polytechnic High School
- Lived in
- Greenwich
- Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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