Walt Frazier
American basketball player (born 1945)
Walter "Clyde" Frazier Jr. (born March 29, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As their floor general and top perimeter defender, he led the New York Knicks to the franchise's first two championships (1970 and 1973), and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. In 1996, Frazier was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team. In 2021, he was again honored by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
Upon his retirement from basketball, Frazier went into broadcasting; he is currently a color commentator for telecasts of Knicks games on the MSG Network alongside Mike Breen.
Early life
Walter Frazier Jr. was born on March 29, 1945, in Atlanta, Georgia. The eldest of nine children, Frazier attended Atlanta's David Tobias Howard High School. He quarterbacked the football team, and played catcher on the baseball team.
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