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Spencer Haywood (born April 22, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player and Olympic gold medalist. Haywood is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2015.
Position: Power Forward and Center Shoots: Right. , (203cm, 102kg) Born: Colleges: Trinidad State Junior College Detroit Mercy. High School: Pershing in Detroit, Michigan. Draft: Buffalo Braves, 2nd round (13th pick, 30th overall), 1971 NBA Draft.
Jul 6, 2024 · Spencer Haywood is an American professional basketball player whose lawsuit forced the National Basketball Association (NBA) to end its requirement that a player be out of high school for four years to be eligible to compete in the league. Haywood won an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Sep 13, 2021 · Spencer Haywood entered the Hall of Fame in 2015 after a storied career on and off the court. In 1971-72, his first full NBA season, Haywood scored 26.2 ppg and grabbed 12.7 rpg.
May 15, 2022 · Spencer Haywood, who is portrayed as a cocaine-addicted player who puts out a hit on the Lakers after being kicked off the team, is happy the show came out.
Apr 22, 2021 · If you consider yourself to be a historian of the NBA game, then you know something about the legendary career of Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood, a 6-foot-8 big man that was ahead of his time in...
Spencer Haywood. The youngest member of the 1968 gold-medal winning United States Olympic team, and its leading scorer, Spencer Haywood's journey in basketball was brilliant, though hardly conventional.