Gail Goodrich

Gail Goodrich is a professional basketball player who played for Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, and New Orleans Jazz. The 6-1 Goodrich was born on April 23, 1943 played college hoops in UCLA.

Goodrich was drafted by the Lakers as a territorial pick in the 1965 NBA Draft. He was kept by the Lakers in the bench for three seasons. In 1968, he was selected by the Suns in the expansion draft and played as a starter with the Suns. He was traded back to Lakers for center Mel Counts in 1970. Due to salary dispute, he play out his option in 1976 and was signed as a free agent by the New Orleans Jazz. He strained an Achilles tendon in his very first game and was back to health in 1977-78. His last season was in 1978-79.name="NBA.com">NBA.com: Gail Goodrich Bio

He was voted to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996 solidifying the solid game he had during his prime. He joined the elite All-NBA First Team in 1974. He was a five time NBA All-Star in 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975, Goodrich is known to be resilient, shows grace under pressure and loves to keep on improving his ante as a hard nosed professional basketball player during his prime.http://www.nba.com/history/players/goodrich_bio.html

Goodrich plunged into the real estate business when he retired from playing as a professional cager in 1979. He was tasked to organize the basketball venue of the 1984 Summer Olympics which was held in Los Angeles and later was elected as the Vice President of National Golf Properties and President of National Fairways Inc., a golf course acquisition and management company. http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/42657 He currently works as a studio analyst at NBA TV. His No. 25 jersey was retired last December 2004 in Pauley Pavilion during halftime of the UCLA-Michigan game. http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/42657 He graced the Rotary Club of Greenwich's weekly meeting at Polpo's Restaurant as a guest of speaker last March 2010, and the former UCLA stalwart discussed about different topics ranging from his heydays as an outstanding professional basketball player under the tutelage of enigmatic coach John Wooden to the existing status of the college game. http://www.greenwichtime.com/basketball/article/Hall-of-Famer-Gail-Goodrich-shares-his-basketball-411620.php Last April 11, 2009 And last but not the least, the Utah Jazz franchise selected him as one of their “Top 50 all-time player”. http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11766315?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com&IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com

• NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team (1964, 1965)Basketball Hall of Fame: Gail C. Goodrich
• Helms Athletic Foundation Co-Player of the Year with Princeton's Bill Bradley (1965)Basketball Hall of Fame: Gail C. Goodrich
• NBA All-Star (1969, 1972-75)Basketball Hall of Fame: Gail C. Goodrich
• All-NBA First-Team (1974)Basketball Hall of Fame: Gail C. Goodrich
• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1996)NBA.com: Gail Goodrich Bio
• NBA champion (1972)NBA.com: Gail Goodrich Bio