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Clarence Glover (born November 1, 1947) is a retired American
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(NBA) player, who played in college at
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(1968–1971). Glover was a forward at 6'8" and 210 lb.


Early life

Born in
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, Glover attended
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in Horse Cave, where he played both baseball and basketball.


College career

Glover helped lead the
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to the 1971 NCAA Final Four. In the 1971 NCAA tournament Western Kentucky advanced by defeating Jacksonville 74–72, in-state rival Kentucky 107–83 and Ohio State 81–78 to reach the Final Four. In the Final Four, the Hilltoppers lost to the
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92–89 in double overtime. They then defeated Kansas 77–75 in the NCAA Third place game. Glover had 16 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists against Jacksonville; 18 points, 17 rebounds and 8 assists in the win vs Kentucky; 11 points, 22 rebounds and 2 assists in the win over Ohio State. In the Final Four, Glover had 12 points and 20 rebounds in the loss to Villanova and 10 points 13 points and 3 assists in his career finale in the win vs Kansas. The 6.8" Glover averaged 8.4 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists for the season. The 1971
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers are the athletic teams that represent Western Kentucky University (WKU), located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks, competing in the ...
was the first non- HBU Kentucky collegiate basketball team to start five African-American players. Coach John Oldham started Glover,
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, Jim Rose, Jerry Dunn and Rex Bailey. McDaniels had recruited Glover and the others after signing at WKU. Oldham was pressured not to start all five together, but said "they are my best five players." For his career at Western Kentucky, Glover averaged 6.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 80 games.


Professional career

Glover was drafted in the 1st Round (#10 overall) in the
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by the
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. Glover was also drafted by the
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of the
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(ABA). He was also strongly pursued by the
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of the ABA but chose to sign on with the Celtics mentioning better competition and better money. Glover wore #28 with the Celtics in 1971–1972. Glover played 25 games for the 56–26 Celtics under Coach
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and averaged 2.6 points and 1.8 rebounds in 4.8 minutes per game. Glover then joined the
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of the Eastern League. He came back to the Celtics for his second season and was among 18 players for 12 spots. Celtics General Manager
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, said: "Glover appears to have poise now and he's improved 200 percent on his outside shot, but he still needs improvement. What bothered me about Clarence when he first joined the team was that he was strung like a violin which is out of tune and always busting. He was releasing the ball for a shot too soon after getting it on the fastbreak and blowing layups. I don't mind a couple of mistakes but he was making too many." In October 1972, Celtics waived Glover.


Personal

Following his basketball career, Glover had a career in Education and coaching, He began a lengthy career as an administrator in Kentucky Public Schools in 1995, and worked as the assistant principal at Farnsley Middle School. Glover was a co-founder of Frenchburg Academy, a year-round school for high school at-risk students. Glover has served on numerous higher education boards and is the namesake of the "Clarence Glover Scholarship Fund" at Western Kentucky University.


Career statistics


NBA

Source


Regular season

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Playoffs

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Honors

* Glover was inducted into the Western Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.


References


External links


NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
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