17 Facts About Fred Slaughter

Fred Leon Slaughter was an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins.

Fred Slaughter won a national championship with the Bruins in 1964, and was later one of the early African Americans to become a sports agent.

Fred Slaughter was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004.

Fred Slaughter continued in both sports in college, and he helped UCLA basketball coach John Wooden win the first of his 10 national championships in 12 seasons.

Fred Slaughter spent almost a decade as an administrator at the UCLA School of Law before leaving in 1980 to become a full-time agent.

Fred Slaughter was the labor union leader for referees in the National Basketball Association.

Fred Slaughter attended Topeka High School, where he was the leading scorer on their basketball team, as well as the top player in Kansas.

Fred Slaughter was timed at 9.9 seconds in the 100 and was sought after by multiple colleges as a track athlete.

Fred Slaughter was heavily recruited by universities, and received 104 athletic scholarship offers.

Fred Slaughter chose to attend UCLA, part of a trend their basketball team developed to build a strong nucleus of native California athletes along with a few African Americans from out of state.

However, Fred Slaughter did not excel in any particular track event.

Fred Slaughter became a sports agent in 1969, when there were few in the industry and he was virtually the lone African American.

From 1972 to 1980, Fred Slaughter served as assistant dean of Admissions and Student Affairs for the UCLA School of Law from 1972 to 1980.

Fred Slaughter was leader of the National Basketball Referees Association, the labor union for referees in the NBA.

Fred Slaughter represented the NBRA during their lockout from the league in 1995.

Fred Slaughter married his wife, Kay, who earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from UCLA and became a hospital nurse.

Fred Slaughter died on October 6,2016, at the age of 74 in Santa Monica, California.