1. Darrall Tucker Imhoff was an American professional basketball player.
24 Facts About Darrall Imhoff
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Darrall Imhoff spent 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association, playing for six teams from 1960 to 1972.
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Darrall Imhoff made an NBA All-Star team, and was an Olympic Gold medalist.
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Darrall Imhoff is perhaps best remembered for being one of the defenders tasked with guarding Wilt Chamberlain during his famed 100-point game in 1962.
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Darrall Imhoff grew up in San Gabriel, California and attended Alhambra High School, Alhambra, California.
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Darrall Imhoff was the leading scorer and rebounder on the 1960 NCAA runner-up Berkeley team and was a member of the gold medal-winning 1960 Olympic basketball team.
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The Golden Bears edged Jerry West's West Virginia University team in 1959, with Darrall Imhoff rated by some the best college player in the country.
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Darrall Imhoff was a two-time First Team All-American and a member of Berkeley's Nu chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
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Darrall Imhoff was inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988 and enshrined in the Pac-10 Hall of Honor in 2005.
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In 75 career games at Cal, Darrall Imhoff averaged 10.0 points and 9.5 rebounds.
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Darrall Imhoff was a senior awaiting entry into the National Basketball Association in 1960 when Hall of Fame Coach Pete Newell, now the US Olympic coach, added his prize player to the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team for the Summer Olympic Games.
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Walt Bellamy and Darrall Imhoff saw action together as center and power-forward during the Rome Games, especially against the tall Soviet national team, as the Americans usually jetted out to a big lead early and then rested their starters.
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Darrall Imhoff averaged 4.5 points in the 8 games as the Team USA captured the gold medal.
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Darrall Imhoff was the most highly publicized draft pick of the 1960 NBA draft.
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Darrall Imhoff was the starter in a March 1962 game when Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA record scoring 100 points in a game.
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Darrall Imhoff began to see more minutes with the Pistons until he was dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1964.
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Darrall Imhoff contributed solidly to a team that won the NBA Western Division and made it to the NBA Finals in 1965.
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Darrall Imhoff re-injured the knee again at the start of the next season and was put on waivers.
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Darrall Imhoff retired with a bad knee and had surgery in January 1973 to repair his ACL.
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In 801 career NBA games over 12 seasons, Darrall Imhoff averaged 7.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists.
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Darrall Imhoff was active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Providence Child Center and Rotary International.
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Darrall Imhoff was married to wife Susan and had three daughters, Karen, Diana and Nancy, and two sons, David and Robert.
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Darrall Imhoff died on June 30,2017, in Bend, Oregon, of a heart attack.
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Darrall Imhoff was survived by his children, 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.