Elgin Baylor (right, with Clippers owner Donald ... when the DC 3 plane carrying the Minneapolis Lakers from a game in St. Louis back home crash landed in a cornfield in Carroll, Iowa, after ...

Elgin Baylor was the #1 draft pick in 1958 to the then Minneapolis Lakers. Known for his shooting, rebounding and hangtime, he was an immediate star player that helped take the team from last ...

It was an Elgin. "And that's what he named me after," said Baylor, no doubt relieved ... the financially troubled Lakers franchise. The team was located in Minneapolis then, but after dominating ...

Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, deep into their remarkable NBA careers, combine for 86 of the L.A. Lakers’ 125 points.

and 3.0 assists per game Los Angeles Lakers: 1958–1972 Elgin Baylor is widely regarded as one of the most talented athletes ever to wear the purple and gold. Drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers in ...

Elgin Baylor has quite the legacy – he’s been called the best basketball player in the world, he was the original Laker ...

Final: Lakers 111, Wizards 88 ... since Wilt Chamberlain in 1965 勞 Wilt Chamberlain (1961-62): 0.814 Elgin Baylor (1961-62): 0.746 Wilt Chamberlain (1964-65): 0.731 Wilt Chamberlain (1962-63 ...

Then, graceful and cunning as a cougar, Elgin Baylor begins to roam for the Minneapolis Lakers. His hands flicker with the slick skill of a shell-game operator. His dribble is a rapid rat-a-tattoo ...

NBA.com's Todd Spehr on Baylor: "It’s true, Elgin Baylor changed basketball. It’s not something uttered flippantly, it’s something he really did. His arrival in the late 1950s came ...

From Minneapolis to Los Angeles and ... sharing stories on what he’s seen throughout Lakers History The first time Bill Bertka watched Elgin Baylor play in person was in the 1958 NCAA Final ...