Elgin Baylor

Also known as Elgin Gay Baylor, Mr. Inside, Elg, Rabbit, Motormouth

American basketball player, coach, and executive (1934–2021)

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Elgin Gay Baylor was an American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward in the National Basketball Association for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers.

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Jerry West: The Logo — Self (Archive Footage)2026
Bill Russell: Legend — Self (archive footage)2023
Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible — Self (Archive Footage)2021
Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — Olympian1979
The White Shadow — Elgin Baylor1978
The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana — Self1971
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self (uncredited)1968

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1974: New Orleans Jazz (interim)
Born: ( 1934-09-16 ) September 16, 1934, Washington, D.C. , U.S.
Died: March 22, 2021 (2021-03-22) (aged 86), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
Listed height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight: 225 lb (102 kg)
High school: Phelps (Washington, D.C.) Spingarn (Washington, D.C.)
College: College of Idaho (1954–1955) Seattle (1956–1958)
Nba draft: 1958 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
Drafted by: Minneapolis Lakers
Playing career: 1958–1971
Position: Small forward
Coaching career: 1974–1979
1958 1971: Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers
1974 1976: New Orleans Jazz (assistant)
1976 1979: New Orleans Jazz
Points: 23,149 (27.4 ppg)
Rebounds: 11,463 (13.5 rpg)
Assists: 3,650 (4.3 apg)

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Washington, D.C.
Place of death: Los Angeles
Occupation: basketball coach
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: All-NBA Team
Sport: basketball
Position played: small forward
League: National Basketball Association
Country for sport: United States
Mass: 102
Image: Elgin Baylor Night program-(cropped).jpg
Height: 196
Residence: Washington, D.C.

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Commons category: Elgin Baylor
drafted by: Los Angeles Lakers
date of birth: 1934-09-16
nickname: Motormouth
end of work period: 1971-00-00
start of work period: 1958-00-00
date of death: 2021-03-22
name in native language: Elgin Baylor
writing language: English language
place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park

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Elgin Gay Baylor (/ˈɛldʒɪn/ EL-jin; September 16, 1934 – March 22, 2021) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers. Baylor was a gifted shooter, a strong rebounder, and an accomplished passer, who was best known for his trademark hanging jump shot. The No. 1 draft pick in 1958, NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959, 11-time NBA All-Star, and a 10-time member of the All-NBA first team, Baylor is regarded as one of the game's greatest ever players. In 1977, Baylor was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1996, Baylor was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. In October 2021, Baylor was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. Baylor is the leader for most career rebounds in Lakers franchise history with 11,463.

Baylor spent 22 years as general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers, having managed the team for the majority of the Donald Sterling ownership period. He won the NBA Executive of the Year Award in 2006. Two years later, the Clippers relieved him of his executive duties shortly before the 2008–09 season began. In 1974, he volunteered to play a mixed doubles exhibition tennis match with Tracy Austin against Lawrence McCutcheon and Lea Antonopolis in Clarement, California, for a sold-out crowd.

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