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Walt Frazier
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American basketball player
Film & TV
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Walter "Clyde" Frazier Jr. is an American former professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association. As their floor general and top perimeter defender, he led the New York Knicks to the franchise's only two championships, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987.
Known for
- Jerry West: The Logo — Self (Archive Footage)2026
- Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association — Self2026
- Maravich's 68 — Himself2023
- Bill Russell: Legend — Self - New York Knicks 1967-772023
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
- When the Garden Was Eden — Self2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest2014
- The Blacklist — Bus Driver2013
- NB80s — Self (archive footage)2011
- The Night of Pistol Pete — self2004
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1945-03-29 ) March 29, 1945 (age 81) , Atlanta , Georgia, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Listed weight
- 200 lb (91 kg)
- High school
- David T. Howard (Atlanta, Georgia)
- College
- Southern Illinois (1963–1967)
- Nba draft
- 1967 : 1st round, 5th overall pick
- Drafted by
- New York Knicks
- Playing career
- 1967–1979
- Position
- Point guard
- Number
- 10, 11, 52
- 1967 1977
- New York Knicks
- 1977 1979
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Points
- 15,581 (18.9 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 4,830 (5.9 rpg)
- Assists
- 5,040 (6.1 apg)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Frazier
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- All-NBA Team
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- point guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 93
- Image
- Walt Frazier (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 193
- Residence
- Atlanta
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- Commons category
- Walt Frazier
- date of birth
- 1945-03-29
- drafted by
- New York Knicks
- member of
- Alpha Phi Alpha
- end of work period
- 1980-00-00
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- social media followers
- 65177
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Walter "Clyde" Frazier Jr. (born March 29, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As their floor general and top perimeter defender, he led the New York Knicks to the franchise's only two championships (1970 and 1973), and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. Upon his retirement from basketball, Frazier went into broadcasting; he is currently a color commentator for telecasts of Knicks games on the MSG Network alongside Mike Breen. In 1996, Frazier was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team. In October 2021, Frazier was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Walt Frazier was also named the MVP of the first of two All-Star games played between ABA and NBA players in May 1971. These ABA vs NBA games, played in 1971 and 1972, were called NBA-ABA Supergames.
Early life
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