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Jerry Lucas

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Jerry Ray Lucas (born March 30, 1940) is an American former basketball player. He was a nationally awarded high school player, national college star at Ohio State University, and 1960 gold medal Olympian and international player before later starring as a professional player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a collegian, Lucas led the Ohio State Buckeyes to three straight NCAA finals (1960–1962), winning the national championship in 1960, and finishing as runner-up in 1961 and 1962. He is the only three-time Big Ten Basketball Player of the Year and was named the NCAA Player of the Year in 1961 and 1962 by the United States Basketball Writers Association (now Oscar Robertson Award), the Associated Press, and the Sporting News. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Lucas is the 145th most popular basketball player (down from 98th in 2019), the 7,844th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,031st in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jerry Lucas ranks 145 out of 1,757. Before him are Mark Jackson, Sasha Vujačić, Walt Frazier, Željko Jerkov, Valdemaras Chomičius, and Otar Korkia. After him are Cesare Rubini, Bill Sharman, Jaak Lipso, Frank Lubin, Dolph Schayes, and Michel Bonnevie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jerry Lucas ranks 407. Before him are Gene Pitney, Homa Darabi, Manuel Esquivel, Vojislav Melić, Claude Dagens, and Henri Dès. After him are Adam Przeworski, Wolfgang Paul, Michael Sarrazin, Arlette Laguiller, Pauli Nevala, and Antonella Ragno-Lonzi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Lucas ranks 7,846 out of 20,380. Before him are Verna Bloom (1938), Earl Tupper (1907), Bob Lazar (1959), Candace Bushnell (1958), Frederick Terman (1900), and Jan Henne (1947). After him are Jim Hutton (1934), Jack Colvin (1934), Corey Feldman (1971), Alan Shugart (1930), Lester Bowie (1941), and Glenn Branca (1948).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Jerry Lucas ranks 84. Before him are Bob McAdoo (1951), Larry Brown (1940), Reggie Miller (1965), Chuck Daly (1930), Mark Jackson (1965), and Walt Frazier (1945). After him are Bill Sharman (1926), Frank Lubin (1910), Dolph Schayes (1928), Bill Walton (1952), Isaiah Thomas (1989), and Kevin Garnett (1976).

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