Jerry West

Also known as Jerry Alan West, Mr. Clutch, Zeke from Cabin Creek, The Logo, Mr. Outside, Jerome Alan West

American basketball player and executive (1938-2024)

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Jerry West (1938–2024) was a United States basketball player who competed as a point guard. His professional work period spanned from 1960 to 1974. He stood 188 centimeters tall and weighed 80 kilograms. West wore jersey number 44 during his career.

Records from Open Library list a different Jerry West, born May 8, 1910, and died August 10, 1975, as an author of 56 works. These include *The Happy Hollisters* and *Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Totem Faces*. MusicBrainz data categorizes an artist named Jerry West with genres including chipmunk soul and christian hip hop.

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Key facts

Born: ( 1938-05-28 ) May 28, 1938, Chelyan, West Virginia , U.S.
Died: June 12, 2024 (2024-06-12) (aged 86), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Listed height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight: 175 lb (79 kg)
High school: East Bank ( East Bank, West Virginia )
College: West Virginia (1957–1960)
Nba draft: 1960 : 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Drafted by: Minneapolis Lakers
Playing career: 1960–1974
Position: Point guard
Coaching career: 1976–1979
1960 1974: Los Angeles Lakers
1976 1979: Los Angeles Lakers
Points: 25,192 (27.0 ppg)
Rebounds: 5,366 (5.8 rpg)
Assists: 6,238 (6.7 apg)
Nba: 145–101 (.589)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Jerry
Family name: West
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Chelyan
Place of death: Los Angeles
Educated at: West Virginia University
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Participant in: 1959 Pan American Games
Sport: basketball
Position played: shooting guard
Country for sport: United States
Mass: 80
Image: Jerry West 1972.jpeg
Height: 188

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Commons category: Jerry West
date of birth: 1938-05-28
drafted by: Los Angeles Lakers
birth name: Jerome Alan West
relative: Michelle Wie West
end of work period: 1974-00-00
start of work period: 1960-00-00
date of death: 2024-06-12
name in native language: Jerry West
sport number: 44

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Encyclopedic overview

Jerry Alan West (May 28, 1938 – June 12, 2024) was an American basketball player and executive. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His nicknames included "the Logo", in reference to his silhouette being the basis for the NBA logo; "Mr. Clutch", for his ability to make a big play in a key situation such as his famous buzzer-beating 60-foot shot that tied game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks; "Mr. Outside", in reference to his perimeter play with the Lakers and "Zeke from Cabin Creek" for the creek near his birthplace of Chelyan, West Virginia.

West played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers, leading them to the 1959 NCAA championship game. He earned the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player honor despite the loss in the championship. He then embarked on a 14-year career with the Lakers and was the co-captain of the 1960 U.S. Olympic gold medal team, a squad that was inducted as a unit into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.

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