Keith Raymond Erickson (born April 19, 1944) is an American former

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and

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player. After graduating from El Segundo High School (California), Erickson attended El Camino College. He then played basketball at

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, where he was a member of the 1964 and

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NCAA Champion teams. Erickson, who attended UCLA on a shared

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/basketball scholarship, also played on the 1964 United States Olympic

team. Coach

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would later remark that Erickson was the finest athlete he ever coached. In

, Erickson was selected by the San Francisco Warriors in the third round of the NBA draft. Erickson played for the Warriors,

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, the 1972 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers, and Phoenix Suns. He had been traded along with a 1974 second-round selection (31st overall– Fred Saunders) from the Lakers to the Suns for Connie Hawkins on October 30, 1973. Erickson retired in

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with 7,251 points and 3,449 rebounds. He later served as color commentator for the Los Angeles Lakers with Chick Hearn, the

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, the Phoenix Suns, and '' The NBA on CBS''. He was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986 and was inducted into the Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Hall of Honor during the 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament.Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor to Induct 2015-16 Class
Pac-12 Conference, January 19, 2016

Career statistics

NBA

Source

Regular season

Playoffs

References

External links

Keith Erickson answers questions from fans

SANDS OF TIME, book excerpt

Video: Erickson discusses Coach John Wooden
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