Jerry Lucas

Jerry Lucas
	Lucas in 1961
Personal information
Born	March 30, 1940; Middletown, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Middletown (Middletown, Ohio)
College	Ohio State (1959–1962)
NBA draft	1962: territorial pick
	Selected by the Cincinnati Royals
Playing career	1962–1974
Position	Power forward
Number	16, 47, 32
Career history
1963–1969	Cincinnati Royals
1969–1971	San Francisco Warriors
1971–1974	New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
	NBA champion (1973); 7× NBA All-Star (1964–1969, 1971); NBA All-Star Game MVP (1965); 3× All-NBA First Team (1965, 1966, 1968); 2× All-NBA Second Team (1964, 1967); NBA Rookie of the Year (1964); NBA All-Rookie First Team (1964); NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th); NCAA champion (1960); 2× NCAA Final Four MOP (1960, 1961); 2× Consensus National College Player of the Year (1961, 1962); 3× Consensus first-team All-American (1960–1962); 3× First-team All-Big Ten (1960–1962); 2× NCAA rebounding leader (1961, 1962); No. 11 retired by Ohio State Buckeyes; 2× Mr. Basketball USA (1957, 1958); 2× First-team Parade All-American (1957, 1958);
Career NBA statistics
Points	14,053 (17.0 ppg)
Rebounds	12,942 (15.6 rpg)
Assists	2,732 (3.3 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
	Basketball Hall of Fame as player
	College Basketball Hall of Fame; Inducted in 2006
Men's basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games

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, 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.

As a professional, Lucas was named All-NBA First Team three times, All-NBA Second Team twice, an NBA All-Star seven times (including six years in a row), was the 1964 NBA Rookie of the Year, and was named Most Valuable Player of the 1965 NBA All-Star Game among other honors and awards. He was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.

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