College of Idaho, where Elgin Baylor played a key role in the integration in College athletics, on Friday renamed his basketball arena for the late basketball hall in the Fame legend at half-time of its victory 97-46 against Evergreen State.
Baylor joined the College of Idaho in 1954 and joined the basketball team with five other black students and lived on campus in his first experience of an integrated society.
During the 1954-55-his only on the NAIA School-Var Baylor an average of 32.8 points and 18.9 returns per match and led Coyotes to a 15-0 northwest conference record and 23-4 total brand.
The Coyotes team, which lost the district finals to Montana State, was introduced in College’s Athletic Hall of Fame 2005. Baylor was introduced in 2017 and still has a handful of warehouse records, including most points in a game (53).
After two seasons at Seattle University, Baylor was the total election no. 1 of the NBA draft in 1958 by Minneapolis Lakers and spent all 14 of its seasons with the organization, which moved to Los Angeles before the 1960-61 season.
Considered as one of the game’s all the time, the 11 o’clock was all-star an average of 27.4 points, 13.5 returns and 4.3 assists in 846 matches. Among his many feats became the first NBA player to score 70 points in a game.
One of the NBA’s first black coaches and managers and a member of the NBA’s 50th anniversary, Baylor, was introduced in Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame 1977 and College Basketball Hall of Fame 2006. He died in 2021 at the age of 86.
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