Zack Clayton

American basketball player

Zack Clayton
Personal information

Born	(1913-04-17)April 17, 1913 Gloucester County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	November 20, 1997(1997-11-20) (aged 84) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality	American
Career information
High school	Simon Gratz (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in Baseball player Baseball career
First baseman
Batted: Left Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
1932, for the Philadelphia Bacharach Giants
Last appearance
1945, for the Baltimore Elite Giants
Teams
Philadelphia Bacharach Giants (1932, 1934) Chicago American Giants (1935) Philadelphia Bacharach Giants (1936) Chicago American Giants (1937) New York Black Yankees (1943–44) Baltimore Elite Giants (1945)

Zachary M. Clayton (April 17, 1913 – November 20, 1997) was a basketball player for the New York Rens.^[1] He was also a Negro league baseball player and a professional boxing referee. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.^[2]

As a boy, Clayton's family moved from Virginia to Philadelphia. Clayton played at the Christian Street YMCA along with Charles "Tarzan" Cooper, Jackie Bethards and Bill Yancey. There they began four fruitful careers on a squad called the Tribune Men.^[3] Clayton also played for the Harlem Globetrotters.^[4] Clayton would win world championships with both teams.^[4] Clayton is enshrined in the Philadelphia basketball Hall of Fame.^[5] Clayton later became a boxing referee. His most famous bout was the 1974 Ali-Foreman "Rumble In The Jungle". Clayton also refereed Muhammad Ali's last fight, against Trevor Berbick in 1981.^[6] Clayton was a lieutenant in the Philadelphia Fire Department for 26 years. He retired in 1979.

References

^ Grasso, John (15 November 2010). Historical Dictionary of Basketball. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810875067.
^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees". NBA.com.
^ Mangan, JA (2004). Ethnicity, Sport, Identity: Struggles For Status. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-8458-9.
^ ^a ^b Jackson, Hal; Haskins, James (2003). The House that Jack Built. Amber Books. ISBN 9780972751940.
^ "New York Renaissance ('Rens') - The Black Fives Foundation". blackfives.org.
^ "Some Harlem Rens Became Famous Boxing Officials After Basketball". blackfives.org.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads

Members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Players

Guards	R. Allen Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Braun Brennan Bryant Cervi Cheeks Clayton Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Endacott Frazier Friedman Galis Gervin Ginóbili Goodrich Greer Grentz Guerin Hammon Hanson Hardaway Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Iverson Jeannette Jenkins D. Johnson M. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Kidd Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGrady D. McGuire Meyers R. Miller Moncrief Monroe Moore C. Murphy Nash Page Parker Payton Petrović Phillip Posey Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma J. Russell Schommer Scott Sedran Sharman K. Smith Staley Steinmetz Stockton Swoopes Thomas D. Thompson Vandivier Wade Wanzer Weatherspoon West Westphal J. White Wilkens Woodard Wooden
Forwards	Arizin Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bosh Boswell Bradley R. Brown Cash Catchings C. Cooper Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dandridge Dantley DeBusschere Dehnert Duncan English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Garnett Gasol Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Hill Howell Hudson L. Jackson G. Johnson B. Jones King Korać Kukoč Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McGinnis McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Nowitzki Pettit Pierce Pippen Pollard Pullins Radja Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes C. Thompson T. Thompson Twyman Walker Webber N. White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley
Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Beaty Bellamy Chamberlain T. Cooper Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Divac Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Griffith Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel Jackson W. Johnson Johnston M. Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley Maciel M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning S. Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon O'Neal Parish Reed Risen Robinson B. Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Sikma Thurmond Unseld Wachter Wallace Walton Washington Whalen Yao

v t e Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2017
Players	Zack Clayton Nikos Galis George McGinnis Tracy McGrady
Coaches	Robert Hughes Muffet McGraw Bill Self
Contributors	Mannie Jackson Tom Jernstedt Jerry Krause Rebecca Lobo

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