Fatty Taylor
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Personal information | |
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Born | Washington, D.C. | March 13, 1946
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
College |
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NBA draft | 1969: 12th round, 167th overall pick |
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers | |
Playing career | 1969–1977 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 14, 54, 1, 21 |
Career history | |
1969–1974 | Washington Caps / Virginia Squires |
1974–1975 | Denver Rockets |
1975–1976 | Virginia Squires |
1976–1977 | Denver Nuggets |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career ABA and NBA statistics | |
Points | 5,098 (8.0 ppg) |
Rebounds | 2,524 (3.8 rpg) |
Assists | 2,563 (4.0 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Roland Morris "Fatty" Taylor (born March 13, 1946) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6’0" guard born in Washington, D.C. and an alum of La Salle University, Taylor joined the American Basketball Association in 1969. After one year playing for the Washington Capitals, he moved on to the Virginia Squires, with whom he spent the prime of his career, tallying 3,495 points, 1,737 assists, and 1,715 rebounds in five seasons. Taylor became known as one of the few outstanding defensive players in a league known primarily for a "run-and-gun" style. On the Squires Taylor played with former or later NBA stars including Adrian Smith, "Jumbo" Jim Eakins and Julius "Doctor J" Erving. For one-and-a-half seasons Taylor was a teammate of George Gervin, and Taylor has been credited with coining Gervin's nickname "The Iceman" (he first called Gervin "Iceberg Slim", which gradually developed into the more familiar nickname).[citation needed] Taylor spent one season in the NBA (1976–77) as a member of the Denver Nuggets, and he retired in 1977 with combined ABA/NBA totals of 5,098 points, 2,563 assists, and 2,524 rebounds.
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- Philadelphia 76ers draft picks
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- Virginia Squires players
- Washington Caps players
- American basketball biography, 1940s birth stubs