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Guard · 1976–79

Gail Goodrich

A Hall of Famer whose resume runs through basketball royalty: Gail Goodrich scored a then-record 42 points in the 1965 NCAA final for John Wooden's UCLA, then led the 1971–72 Lakers in scoring as they won a still-record 33 straight games and the franchise's first Los Angeles championship. Nicknamed 'Stumpy' by Elgin Baylor, the 6-foot-1 lefty proved doubters wrong at every level.

His final playing seasons, 1976 to 1979, came in a Jazz uniform after stardom in Phoenix, where he still holds the franchise record for minutes per game. Goodrich entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe played out his option after a salary fight with the Lakers and signed with New Orleans on August 6, 1976 to pair with Pete Maravich. Los Angeles took three Jazz first-rounders as compensation — the 1979 pick became Magic Johnson. He retired in 1979.

Full name: Gail Charles Goodrich Jr.
New Orleans Jazz tenure: 1976–79
Position: Guard
Born: 1943, Los Angeles
Height: 6′1″ (185 cm)
Weight: 170 lb (77 kg)
College: UCLA
Drafted: 1965, 1st round, Los Angeles Lakers

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GAIL GOODRICH · 1976–79 · PER GAME

SEASON	TEAM	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1976–77	NOJ	27	22.6	12.6	2.3	2.7	0.8	0.1	.446	—	.800
1977–78	NOJ	81	31.5	16.1	2.2	4.8	1.0	0.3	.495	—	.795
1978–79	NOJ	74	28.8	12.7	2.5	4.8	1.2	0.2	.449	—	.853
JAZZ TOTAL	3 SEASONS	182	29.1	14.2	2.3	4.5	1.1	0.2	.471	—	.815

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GAIL GOODRICH · 10 NOTES

The compensation for signing him sent New Orleans' 1979 first-round pick to the Lakers — it became the No. 1 pick and Magic Johnson.
Tore his Achilles months after arriving in New Orleans — the injury sank the team, and the compensation pick they had surrendered for him turned into the No. 1 overall choice that became Magic Johnson.
Broke his ankle in the third quarter of the Los Angeles city championship game and still finished with 29 points.
He wanted to follow his father to USC, but at 5-foot-8 as a high school junior the Trojans thought him too small.
His high school team was so devoted that the players bent a coat hanger into a key to sneak into the gym on weekends.
He asked John Wooden to escort him at his Hall of Fame induction, saying Wooden and his dad taught him how to play.
After basketball he ran golf companies, becoming president of National Fairways in Greenwich and buying a New Jersey country club.
When the Lakers retired his No. 25 in 1996, Eddie Jones gave up the number and switched to 6.
Goodrich in 1992: 'There was no trade at all as far as myself and the Jazz were concerned. The Jazz signed me, and then the league demanded compensation to the Lakers.'
He came back from a torn Achilles to average 16.1 points in 1977-78 and retired at 36 with 19,181 career points.