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Archie Clark



Position: Guard
Full Name: Archie L. Clark
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Born: July 15, 1941 in Conway, Arkansas
Height: 6-2
Weight: 175
High School: Ecorse in Ecorse, Michigan
College: University of Minnesota
Drafted: 4th Round, 7th Pick - LA Lakers, 1966
Jersey#: 21

Played for the Lakers from 1966 to 1968


Clark grew up in the suburbs of Detroit and joined the United States Army after high school. While playing for an intramural basketball team at Andrews Air Force Base, he was discovered by a scout from University of Minnesota and soon accepted a scholarship to play for John Kundla. After a strong collegiate career, which included an All Big Ten selection as a senior, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth round of the 1966 NBA Draft.

In his 10 season (1966?1976) NBA career, Clark played for the Lakers, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Baltimore/Capital Bullets, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Detroit Pistons. He averaged 16.3 career points and 4.8 career assists and appeared in two National Basketball Association All-Star Games; he also received All-NBA Second Team honors in 1972.

In 1987, Clark unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Ecorse, Michigan. In 1992, he co-founded the National Basketball Retired Players Association with Dave DeBusschere, Dave Bing, Dave Cowens and Oscar Robertson.



Regular Season Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1967 LAL 76 1763 331 732 .452 136 192 .708 0 0 - 218 2.9 205 193 0 0 0 798 10.5
1968 LAL 81 3039 628 1309 .480 356 481 .740 0 0 - 342 4.2 353 235 0 0 0 1612 19.9
1969 PHI 82 2144 444 928 .478 219 314 .697 0 0 - 265 3.2 296 188 0 0 0 1107 13.5
1970 PHI 76 2772 594 1198 .496 311 396 .785 0 0 - 301 4.0 380 201 0 0 0 1499 19.7
1971 PHI 82 3245 662 1334 .496 422 536 .787 0 0 - 391 4.8 440 217 0 0 0 1746 21.3
1972 BAL 76 3243 701 1500 .467 507 656 .773 0 0 - 265 3.5 606 191 0 0 0 1909 25.1
1972 PHI 1 42 11 16 .688 7 11 .636 0 0 - 3 3.0 7 3 0 0 0 29 29.0
1972 TOT 77 3285 712 1516 .470 514 667 .771 0 0 - 268 3.5 613 194 0 0 0 1938 25.2
1973 BAL 39 1477 302 596 .507 111 137 .810 0 0 - 129 3.3 275 111 0 0 0 715 18.3
1974 CAP 56 1786 315 675 .467 103 131 .786 0 0 - 141 2.5 285 122 59 0 6 733 13.1
1975 SEA 77 2481 455 919 .495 161 193 .834 0 0 - 235 3.1 433 188 110 0 5 1071 13.9
1976 DET 79 1589 250 577 .433 100 116 .862 0 0 - 137 1.7 218 157 62 0 4 600 7.6
CAREER 725 23581 4693 9784 .480 2433 3163 .769 0 0 - 2427 3.3 3498 1806 231 0 15 11819 16.3


Playoff Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1967 LAL 3 125 32 62 .516 13 17 .765 0 0 - 13 4.3 15 11 0 0 0 77 25.7
1968 LAL 15 528 88 206 .427 53 69 .768 0 0 - 47 3.1 60 42 0 0 0 229 15.3
1969 PHI 5 185 40 77 .519 17 19 .895 0 0 - 19 3.8 22 17 0 0 0 97 19.4
1970 PHI 5 146 26 60 .433 16 22 .727 0 0 - 14 2.8 18 10 0 0 0 68 13.6
1971 PHI 7 295 66 139 .475 33 45 .733 0 0 - 29 4.1 34 21 0 0 0 165 23.6
1972 BAL 6 271 55 126 .437 50 59 .847 0 0 - 24 4.0 47 15 0 0 0 160 26.7
1973 BAL 5 214 46 92 .500 14 18 .778 0 0 - 17 3.4 26 20 0 0 0 106 21.2
1974 CAP 7 162 20 59 .339 11 20 .550 0 0 - 13 1.9 15 13 0 0 0 51 7.3
1975 SEA 9 269 41 94 .436 18 20 .900 0 0 - 32 3.6 31 23 0 0 0 100 11.1
1976 DET 9 192 30 62 .484 12 18 .667 0 0 - 21 2.3 29 25 0 0 0 72 8.0
CAREER 71 2387 444 977 .454 237 307 .772 0 0 - 229 3.2 297 197 0 0 0 1125 15.8