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My Take
Walt "Clyde" Frazier is, to me, the definition of cool under pressure. As the floor general and lockdown defender for the Knicks, he delivered both of the franchise's only championships, in 1970 and 1973, and that stack of All-Defensive honors tells the whole story of how he won. What I love is that he wasn't just numbers; the nickname, the style, the swagger made him an icon beyond the box score. Hall of Fame in 1987 sealed it. I think his second life as a broadcaster, with that unmistakable flair for language, kept him relevant to fans who never even saw him play. A true New York original.
Overview
Walter "Clyde" Frazier Jr. (born March 29, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As their floor general and top perimeter defender, he led the New York Knicks to the franchise's only two championships (1970 and 1973), and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Walt Frazier
- Name (Japanese)
- ウォルト・フレイジャー
- Reading
- うぉると・ふれいじゃー
- Born
- March 29, 1945 (age 81)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rooster
- Origin
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- David T. Howard High School
- University
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Awards & achievements
- 1968 NBA All-Rookie Team
- 1969 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1970 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1970 All-NBA Team
- 1971 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1972 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1972 All-NBA Team
- 1973 NBA All-Defensive Team
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.