Spencer Haywood
School:
Height:
6-8
Position:
Forward/Center
Hometown:
Silver City, MS, and Detroit, MI
High School:
Pershing High School
- NCAA unanimous first-team All-American in 1969
- All-American Recognition: 1969 (Associated Press 1st Team, Converse 1st Team, National Association of Basketball Coaches 1st Team, United Press International 1st Team, United States Basketball Writers Association 1st Team)
- Led the nation in rebounding in 1969. Finished 4th in scoring and 17th in field-goal percentage
- Did not play in NCAA Tournament or NIT
- Averaged 28.2 points and 22.1 rebounds per game in one junior college season with Trinidad State (CO)
- Leading scorer (16.1 points per game) for 1968 U.S. Olympic team shot 71.9 percent from the floor
- Signed as an undergraduate free agent after sophomore season by the ABA's Denver Rockets in 1969.
Season | G | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PT | 3PTA | 3PT% | FTM | FTA | FT% | RB | RBA | PTS | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | 288 | 508 | .567 | 195 | 254 | .768 | 530 | 22.1 | 771 | 32.1 |
- NOTES: Haywood was the first black to sign with Tennessee but transferred to J.C. for academic reasons. . . . Statistics include a couple of games vs. Canadian colleges--Windsor and Western Ontario--that the NCAA didn't count.