Gail Goodrich Memorabilia & Collectibles

About Gail Goodrich Memorabilia & Collectibles

  

Even with the nickname “Stumpy”, Gail Goodrich was an exceptional professional basketball player. Playing as a guard, Goodrich played in the National Basketball Association from 1965 to 1979. He played for the longest time for the Los Angeles Lakers. He went to the John Francis Polytechnic High School and led the school’s basketball team to the Los Angeles City championships. 

 

Goodrich proceeded to enrolling in the University of California, Los Angeles and led the varsity team to two national championships. While playing college basketball, Goodrich was named as an All-American for two instances and was named as the Helm’s Foundation “Co-Player of the Year”. During his senior year in college, he was named into the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team. 

 

Because he was only 6’1”, a number of NBA teams were afraid to draft Goodrich. He was initially signed by the Los Angeles Lakers but was sent to the Phoenix Suns in 1968. Goodrich became one of the team’s best players and was named to his first All-Star Game in 1969. During that season, Goodrich was able to post an average of 20.0 points and 7.5 assists for each game.  

 

He was traded back to Los Angeles in 1970 and was able to come up with a 22.4 ppg average from 1968 to 1975. From 1972 to 1975, Goodrich was named to every All-Star Game. In 1996, he became part of the Basketball Hall of Fame. 

 

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About Gail Goodrich:

Gail Goodrich (full name: Gail Charles Goodrich Jr.; Stumpy) played Guard from 1966 until 1979 for the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns and New Orleans Jazz. Over 14 seasons, he played 1031 games, scored 19181 points (18.6 ppg) and grabbed 3279 rebounds (3.2 rpg). Goodrich also dished out 4805 assists (4.7 apg), made 545 steals (0.5 spg), and blocked 72 shots (0.1 bpg) during his career. Born in Los Angeles, California on April 23, 1943, Goodrich stands 6-1 and weighs 170 lbs. He attended high school at Polytechnic in Sun Valley, California and college at University of California, Los Angeles. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1965 NBA draft (territorial selection). He was inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1996.