Tag: Frank Selvy

Frank Selvy, former Lakers All-Star guard, passes away at age 91

An underrated Lakers guard from the early 1960s has passed away.

The Los Angeles Lakers of the 1960s were known for their star power. Between Jerry West, Elgin Baylor and later Wilt Chamberlain, they put pro basketball on the map in the Southland while being a force in the NBA’s Western Division (now Western Conference).

But while West, Baylor and Chamberlain got the lion’s share of attention during that era, the Lakers also had some capable role players. One of them was guard Frank Selvy, a 6-foot-3 guard who spent four years with the Purple and Gold starting with the 1960-61 season, the team’s first in L.A.

On Tuesday, it was announced that Selvy had passed away at the age of 91.

Selvy made the All-Star team twice, including in the 1961-62 season with the Lakers. That year, he averaged 14.7 points and 4.8 assists a game.

Trivia buffs may know that he missed what would’ve been the winning shot with the score tied at the end of regulation in Game 7 of the 1962 NBA Finals versus the Boston Celtics.

In 1954, while at Furman University, Selvy set the record for the highest-scoring Division I basketball game ever with 100 points.

Months later, he was the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft by the then-Baltimore Bullets.

Every player in Philadelphia 76ers history who has worn No. 11

Here are all 33 players who have worn the No. 11 in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers.

It’s summertime in the NBA, so it’s time to learn some history. The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the older franchises in the NBA. Their history dates to the 1949-50 season.

With that longevity, the team has had hundreds of players come through the City of Brotherly Love. Sixers Wire looks at the No. 11, which has been worn by 33 of those players in the history of the franchise.

This running series will go through all of the uniform numbers worn in franchise history. The previous edition of this series was a list compiling the 30 players who have worn the No. 12.

Here is the list of the 33 who have worn No. 11 in Sixers history: