File:Jerry_Lucas_1961.jpeg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1950
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Theomatics
- The memory book
- The memory book
- The memory book
- An American Gangster's Wife
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 12
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
· 1993 · cited 19,126x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,947x
- On the mechanics of economic development
· 1988 · cited 12,910x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,992x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1940-03-30 ) March 30, 1940 (age 86) , Middletown, Ohio , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
- Listed weight
- 230 lb (104 kg)
- High school
- Middletown (Middletown, Ohio)
- College
- Ohio State (1959–1962)
- Nba draft
- 1962 : territorial pick
- Drafted by
- Cincinnati Royals
- Playing career
- 1962–1974
- Position
- Power forward
- Number
- 16, 47, 32
- 1963 1969
- Cincinnati Royals
- 1969 1971
- San Francisco Warriors
- 1971 1974
- New York Knicks
- Points
- 14,053 (17.0 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 12,942 (15.6 rpg)
- Assists
- 2,732 (3.3 apg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jerry
- Family name
- Lucas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Middletown
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- All-NBA Team
- Participant in
- 1960 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 105
- Image
- Jerry Lucas 1961.jpeg
- Height
- 203
- Residence
- Middletown
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1940-03-30
- Commons category
- Jerry Lucas
- birth name
- Jerry Ray Lucas
- end of work period
- 1974-00-00
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Jerry Ray Lucas (born March 30, 1940) is an American former basketball player. He was a nationally awarded high school player, national college star at Ohio State University, and 1960 gold medal Olympian and international player before later starring as a professional player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
As a collegian, Lucas led the Ohio State Buckeyes to three straight NCAA finals (1960–1962), winning the national championship in 1960, and finishing as runner-up in 1961 and 1962. He is the only three-time Big Ten Basketball Player of the Year and was named the NCAA Player of the Year in 1961 and 1962 by the United States Basketball Writers Association (now Oscar Robertson Award), the Associated Press, and the Sporting News. He was also named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in 1961.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jerry Lucas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.