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Archie Clark (basketball)
Archie L. Clark (born July 15, 1941) is an American former professional basketball player. At 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), he played guard for five National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. He has been called the father of the crossover dribble.
Clark was born on July 15, 1941 in Conway, Arkansas, the fourth of 12 children. He grew up in Ecorse, a suburb of Detroit, where he went to high school. He did not start playing basketball until 10th grade, and excelled in both basketball and baseball.
On graduating high school, he was unable to find work during a recession, and joined the United States Army, where he served three years. Just 10 days after joining the Army, the Detroit Tigers baseball team belatedly invited him to spring training. Clark was assigned to a United States Air Force unit at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, where he played intramural basketball, on a team coached by Buzz Bennett. Bennett had played basketball at the University of Minnesota, and impressed by Clark's play, contacted a Minnesota assistant coach about recruiting Clark.
Minnesota offered the 21-year old Clark a basketball scholarship and he played three seasons under head coach John Kundla at Minnesota (1963-66). Playing guard for the Gophers, he averaged 11.1 points per game as a sophomore, 14.3 points per game as a junior and 24.5 points per game as a senior (fourth best in the Big Ten that year). Clark played his three years in the backcourt at Minnesota with future NBA All-Star guard Lou Hudson. The team selected him as its captain in his senior year, the first black team captain in its history. Clark was selected first team Big Ten All-Conference as a senior.
Clark also played on the Gophers' baseball team, and was a starter on the 1964 NCAA baseball championship team, and played center field the following season.
After a strong collegiate career, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth round of the 1966 NBA draft (37th overall). In his 10-season (1966–1976) NBA career, Clark played for the Lakers, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Baltimore/Capital Bullets, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Detroit Pistons.
As a 25-year old Lakers' rookie, Clark averaged 10.5 points, 2.7 assists and 2.9 rebounds in 23.2 minutes per game. In addition to Clark, the Lakers had future Hall of Fame guards Jerry West and Gail Goodrich, as well as Walt Hazzard. He was third in Rookie of the Year voting, behind winner Dave Bing and former Minnesota teammate Lou Hudson. In 1967-68, Clark became the Lakers' starting point guard, averaging 19.9 points per game, along with 4.4 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game. He was selected to the west All-Star team, and scored 17 points in 15 minutes of play in the All-Star game.
In 1968, Clark was part of the trade (together with Darrall Imhoff and Jerry Chambers) that brought future Hall of Fame center Wilt Chamberlain to the Lakers from the Philadelphia 76ers, who had been the NBA's Most Valuable Player in the 1967-68 season. Chamberlain and the 76ers could not reach an agreement on salary and Chamberlain's request to receive an ownership interest in the team, and the Lakers and Chamberlain were able to reach an agreement on Chamberlain's tenure and salary. After the trade, Imhoff described Chamberlain as "the greatest offensive player who ever was invented for this game." Over the next five seasons in Los Angeles, Chamberlain's Lakers went to the NBA finals four times, winning once.
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Archie Clark (basketball)
Archie L. Clark (born July 15, 1941) is an American former professional basketball player. At 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), he played guard for five National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. He has been called the father of the crossover dribble.
Clark was born on July 15, 1941 in Conway, Arkansas, the fourth of 12 children. He grew up in Ecorse, a suburb of Detroit, where he went to high school. He did not start playing basketball until 10th grade, and excelled in both basketball and baseball.
On graduating high school, he was unable to find work during a recession, and joined the United States Army, where he served three years. Just 10 days after joining the Army, the Detroit Tigers baseball team belatedly invited him to spring training. Clark was assigned to a United States Air Force unit at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, where he played intramural basketball, on a team coached by Buzz Bennett. Bennett had played basketball at the University of Minnesota, and impressed by Clark's play, contacted a Minnesota assistant coach about recruiting Clark.
Minnesota offered the 21-year old Clark a basketball scholarship and he played three seasons under head coach John Kundla at Minnesota (1963-66). Playing guard for the Gophers, he averaged 11.1 points per game as a sophomore, 14.3 points per game as a junior and 24.5 points per game as a senior (fourth best in the Big Ten that year). Clark played his three years in the backcourt at Minnesota with future NBA All-Star guard Lou Hudson. The team selected him as its captain in his senior year, the first black team captain in its history. Clark was selected first team Big Ten All-Conference as a senior.
Clark also played on the Gophers' baseball team, and was a starter on the 1964 NCAA baseball championship team, and played center field the following season.
After a strong collegiate career, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth round of the 1966 NBA draft (37th overall). In his 10-season (1966–1976) NBA career, Clark played for the Lakers, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Baltimore/Capital Bullets, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Detroit Pistons.
As a 25-year old Lakers' rookie, Clark averaged 10.5 points, 2.7 assists and 2.9 rebounds in 23.2 minutes per game. In addition to Clark, the Lakers had future Hall of Fame guards Jerry West and Gail Goodrich, as well as Walt Hazzard. He was third in Rookie of the Year voting, behind winner Dave Bing and former Minnesota teammate Lou Hudson. In 1967-68, Clark became the Lakers' starting point guard, averaging 19.9 points per game, along with 4.4 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game. He was selected to the west All-Star team, and scored 17 points in 15 minutes of play in the All-Star game.
In 1968, Clark was part of the trade (together with Darrall Imhoff and Jerry Chambers) that brought future Hall of Fame center Wilt Chamberlain to the Lakers from the Philadelphia 76ers, who had been the NBA's Most Valuable Player in the 1967-68 season. Chamberlain and the 76ers could not reach an agreement on salary and Chamberlain's request to receive an ownership interest in the team, and the Lakers and Chamberlain were able to reach an agreement on Chamberlain's tenure and salary. After the trade, Imhoff described Chamberlain as "the greatest offensive player who ever was invented for this game." Over the next five seasons in Los Angeles, Chamberlain's Lakers went to the NBA finals four times, winning once.