Nationality American Name Keith Erickson Date drafted 1965 Weight 88 kg | Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg) Height 1.96 m Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Role Basketball Player Books Champions Again! | |
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NBA draft 1965 / Round: 3 / Pick: 18th overall School University of California, Los Angeles Position Small forward, Shooting guard | ||
2016 Pac-12 Hall of Honor inductee: UCLA's Keith Erickson
Keith Raymond Erickson (born April 19, 1944) is an American former basketball player.
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- 2016 Pac 12 Hall of Honor inductee UCLAs Keith Erickson
- Former nba star keith erickson discusses coach john wooden
- References
After graduating from El Segundo High School (California), attended El Camino College. Erickson then played basketball at UCLA, where he was a member of the 1964 and 1965 NCAA Champion teams. Erickson, who attended UCLA on a shared baseball/basketball scholarship, also played on the 1964 US Men's Olympic Volleyball team. Coach John Wooden would later remark that Erickson was the finest athlete he ever coached.
In 1965, he was selected by the San Francisco Warriors in the third round of the NBA draft. Erickson played for the Warriors, Chicago Bulls, the 1972 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers, and Phoenix Suns.
Erickson retired in 1977 with 7,251 points and 3,449 rebounds. He later served as color commentator for the Los Angeles Lakers with Chick Hearn, the Los Angeles Clippers, and The NBA on CBS. He was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986 and will be inducted into the Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Hall of Honor during the 2016 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.
