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Page 4. I'hv Portland Observer...December 23, 1992
SPORTS
ack Ramsay, w ho W ill have a n u m
ber re tired in his honor by the P o rt
land 1 ra il Blazers, headlinesaclass
o i six charter inductees in to the
»rganization’ s W a lk o f Fame, spon
sored by B lue C ross/B lue S hield o f
O regon. A co m m itte e o f 12 c u rre n t and
fo rm e r m edia m em bers made Ramsay,
H arry G lic k m a n and B ill W a lto n unani
A fo rm e r star in the A m e rica n Bas
ketball A ssociation, Lucas played w ith
Portland fro m 1976-77 through 1979-
80. He returned fo r his fin a l season,
1987-88, after p la yin g w ith fiv e other
clubs. Lucas, one o f the T ra il B la ze rs’
a ll-tim e leaders in rebounds and blocked
shots, was an assistant coach w ith the
team the year after his retirem ent.
L a r r y W e in b e rg was instrum ental
in the fo u n d in g and management o f the
T ra il Blazers from their inception through
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m o u s s e le c tio n s and a ls o ta b b e d
M aurice Lucas, G e o ff Petrie and L a rry
W einberg to the new W a lk o f Fame at
M e m o ria l C oliseum .
The W a lk o f Fame w ill be unveiled
it S un d a y’ s Blazers game w ith the
Jolden State W a rrio rs. F u ll-c o lo r d i-
•ramas w ill be hung on The C o lis e u m ’ s
oncourse h o n o rin g each o f the six
barter inductees w h o have made sig-
Walt Of Fame Unveiled
To Have Number Retired
lific a n t c o n trib u tio n s on the c o u rt and
in the fro n t o ffic e d u rin g the T ra il B laz-
rs’ 23-ycar h isto ry. Plans c a ll fo r the
W a lk o f Fame to be a perpetual honor
im ila r to the “ R in g o f H o n o r” that the
Seattle Scahawks and the D allas C ow -
S c o tt L y n n ( K E X ) , R ic k M e ts g e r
(K O IN ) , M ic h a e l O ’ B rie n (K P T V ),
ays have used to honor past personnel.
“ In selecting these six inductees,
George Pasero (The O regonian), B o b
R obinson (T he O re g o n ia n ), W ayne
he co m m itte e d id an excellent jo b o f
sta b lish in g the foundation fo r an e lite
lo n o r,” said M arshall G lic k m a n , senior
T hom pson (The O regonian) and Ken
W heeler (The O regonian).
The P ortland T ra il Blazers w ill
re tire num ber 77 in h o n o r o f Jack
/ice-president o f m arketing fo r the T ra il
Uazcrs.“ T hey h a d a d ifficu ltta skch o o s-
ng fro m a ll the fo rm e r players,coaches
nd m anagem ent personnel w h o met
he c rite ria fo r in d u ction . O u r organiza-
ion w o u ld lik e to thank the com m ittee
nd B lu e C ross/B lue Shield o f Oregon
>r m a kin g the W a lk o f Fame a re a lity .”
The selection com m ittee included
roadcast and newspaper jo u rn a lists
who covered the organization particu-
a rly close d u rin g its three decades in
’ortland. I hccom m itteeincludedS teve
crena (K A T U ), A1 C rom bie (V ancou-
e r C o lu m b ia n ), R eid E n g lish (Salem
ta te sm a n -Jo u rn a l), D w ig h t Jaynes
I he O regonian), J im m y Jones (K P T V ),
Adult
Instructional
Volleyball
Classes To Be
Held
The Eugene Parks, Recreation and
C u ltu ra l Services D epartm ent is spon
soring b e g in n in g , interm ediate and ad
vanced in stru ctio n a l v o lle y b a ll classes
fo r adults 18 years o f age and o lder
starting January 11, 1993.
The b eginning vo lle y b a ll class w ill
meet from 8:3 0 -1 0 :0 0 pm on M onday
evenings at Jefferson M id d le School.
The interm ediate class w ill meet fro m
7:00-8:30 pm on W ednesday evenings
it Shasta M id d le School. The advanced
class w ill m eet fro m 8 ;3 O -10:00T h u rs
day evenings at M o n ro e M id d le School.
The cost fo r any o f the 8 week
classes is $20 fo r Eugene residents and
$25 fo r non-Eugene residents.
Ramsay, w h o brought Portland its firs t
w o rld cham pionship in 1977. Ramsay
posted a 453-367 record w ith the B la z
ers, g u id in g them to the p la y o ffs nine
tim es in 10 years. H is 864 career v ic to
ries, c o m p ile d in 21 years w ith P h ila
delphia, B u ffa lo , Portland and Indiana,
ranks second o n ly to H a ll o f Fame Red
A u e rb a ch ’ s 938. Ramsay was inducted
in to the B asketball H a ll o f Fame on
M a y 11, 1992.
Plans c a ll fo r Ramsay, presently a
broadcaster w ith the M ia m i Heat, to be
honored w hen the Heat comes to P o rt
land on January 14. N um ber 77, in
rem embrance o f the B lazers’ cham pi-
onship year under Ramsay, w ill hang
above the C oliseum flo o r alongside
r e tir e d n u m b e rs h o n o rin g L a r r y
W einberg (1 ), Dave T w a rd z ik (13),
L a rry Steele (1 5 ), M aurice Lucas (20),
B ill W a lto n (32), L lo y d Neal (36) and
G e o ff Petrie (45).
The n ig h t o f tribute to Ramsay also
w ill include the presentation o f the
o f f tim e changed.
The game was o rig in a lly sched
u led to begin at 12:30 p.m . as indicated
on N B A and team schedules. The game
is now scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m .
p a c ific tim e.
The change is being made to ac
com m odate the N B C N a tio n al B road
cast schedule. N B C has added the O r
lando at P hoenix game to its regional
broadcast schedule p rio r to a irin g the
Blazers and B u lls n a tio n a lly that a fte r
noon. The rem atch o f the 1992 N B A
fin a ls was on the o rig in a l broadcast
schedule released last summ er.
rate the occasion, a ll fans in attendance
that nig h t w ill receive a c o lo r c o lle c t
ib le poster h o noring the six charter
W a lk o f Fame members.
as unanim ous selections to the W a lk o f
Fame.
G lic k m a n brought N B A basket
ers. He also played in tw o N B A A ll-S ta r
Games and tw ice was named to the
league’ s all-d e fe n sive firs t team. He
averaged 17.1 points and 13.5 rebounds
in 209 games w ith Portland fro m 1974-
75 through 1978-79. W a lto n , w ho s till
ranks am ong the c lu b ’ s a ll-tim e leaders
in rebounds and blocked shots, was
honored on the opening n ig h t o f the
1989-90 season by having his u n ifo rm
num ber, 32, retired.
G e o ff P e trie , the first-e ve r P o rt
b a ll to P ortland in February 1970 and
land T ra il B lazer, has served the orga-
H arry G lickm a n , founder and presi
dent o f the T ra il Blazers, and B ill
W a lto n , the N B A ’ s M o s t V aluable
P layer d u rin g the 1977 p la y o ffs and
1977-78 regular season, jo in e d Ramsay
Buck Williams to 10,000
NBA Career Rebounds
Game
A t the start o f the season
1. D enver, N o v.8
2. Phoenix, N o v. 10
3. C leveland, N ov. 13
4. @ G o ld e n State, N o v. 14
5. N ew Y o rk , N ov. 16
6. @ Sacramento, N o v . 20
7. D e tro it, N o v. 22
8. San A n to n io , N o v. 24
9. @ P hoenix, N ov. 25
10. L A Lakers, N ov. 27
11. Sacramento, N o v. 29
12. @ N ew Y o rk , Dec. 1
13. @ Indiana, Dec. 2
14. @ C hicago, Dec. 4
15. @ C leveland, D ec.5
16. M ilw a u k e e , D ec.8
17. @ L A Lakers, Dec. 9
18. Indiana, Dec. 11
19. @ W ashington, Dec. 13
R egistration ¡¿currently b e in gco n -
ducted at the Parks, Recreation and
C u ltu ra l Services o ffic e fro m 8am -5pm
M o n d a y-F rid a y a t2 2 W est 7th Avenue,
Eugene.
R e g istra tio n is lim ite d fo r these
p opular classes, so register to d a y!!
fo r m ore in fo rm a tio n contact the
A th le tic s ta ff at 687-5333.
20. @ D enver, Dec. 16
21. @ Seattle, Dec. 18
22. G olden State, Dec. 20
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fo r other sports franchises, and establish
the in d u stry standards fo r team broad
n iza tio n as a player, coaching assistant,
broadcaste r and presen tly , as senior v ice-
president o f operations. He was the
N B A ’ s co -R o o kie o f the Y ear a fte r be
ing P o rtla n d ’ s firs t d ra ft selection, p rio r
to the inaugural season o f 1970-71. In
the B lazers’ firs t six seasons, Petrie
averaged 21.8 p oints and 4.6 assists in
446 games. He ranks am ong the team ’ s
career leaders in points scored, assists
and games played.
Petrie served as analyst on the B laz-
ers’ radio broadcasts fo r fiv e seasons
before taking on his current duties o ve r
seeing the ares o f basketball operations,
scheduling, team travel and accounting.
M a u r ic e L u c a s averaged 15.6
points and 8.7 rebounds in 330 games in
tw o separate stints w ith the T ra il B la z
ers. A three-tim e all-star, Lucas rugged
style tw ice earned him all-defensive
team honors. He was voted to the a ll-
N B A second team fo llo w in g the 1977-
78 season.
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w ith the T ra il Blazers. E xecutives and
coaches m ust be retired o r, i f s till active
w ith the o rganization, m ust have spent
20 o r m ore years w ith the Blazers. F o l
lo w in g a charter class o f six inductees,
no m ore than tw o in d iv id u a ls shall be
enshrined in the W a lk o f Fame in any one
year, a candidate m ust receive votes
from 75 percent o f the co m m itte e m em
bers to receive in d u ction .
The six honoree w ill receive the
o rig in a l a rtw o rk, designed fo r th e ir en
shrinem ent by lo ca l artist S te ve K a ta g iri.
It is presented to the p u b lic in the fo rm o f
a dioram a fo r each in d iv id u a l located
around the coliseum concourse. Funding
fo r the W a lk o f Fame is p ro vid e d by B lue
C ross/B lue S hield o f O regon.
How Do You Spell Class?
B u ck
W illia m s
9,926
9,938
9,944
9,950
9,972
9,975
9,983
9,992
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10,000
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Points
31,419
14,522
38,387
27,313
27,016
14,437
20,941
Rebounds
23,924
21,620
17,440
16,279
15,894
14,464
14,241
10,624
14,053
photo by Veronica Green
13,769
12,942
12,882
12,849
12,357
11,463
11,256
11,054
20,896
20,880
11,782
23,419
19,249
11,012
17,287
13,516
12,480
13,186
13,581
10,000 10,000 Club
With 3:45 remaining in the game Sunday night against Golden State,
Blazer forward Buck Williams grabbed the 10,000th rebound of his
career. Williams is now only 1 of 20 NBA players with 10,000 points and
10,000 rebounds. Congratulations Buck Williams.
BY JOHN PHILLIPS
On Sunday n ig h t at M e m o ria l
C oliseum , Portland T ra il B lazer, B uck
W illia m s became the 20th player in
N B A history to get 10,(XX) rebounds.
The m ilestone had the class to go
along w ith i t , ’ w hen B u c k ’ s young
son, Julien was given the game b all at
m id -c o u rt by h is dad, B uck said that he
10,816
10,444
10,092
10,050
10,000
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was proud and that his son was his
legacy. “ I wanted to have m y son
in vo lve d in any cerem ony because
he’ s what I ’ m a ll about. I feel very
Finals fo r three years in a row . 1 s till
look fo r them to make it a fou rth .
blessed” .
Blessed is a good w o rd , because
everyone w ho fo llo w s the Portland
T ra il Blazers and N B A basketball are
tru ly blessed.
I firs t m et B uck, w h o ’ s given
name is Charles, in 1979 in W a sh in g
W illia m s 32, a t6 ’ 8 ", 225 pounds,
is in his 12th year in the N B A . He has
led the B lazers to the second best record
in the league since 1989-90, w ith a
193-72 record ove ra ll. O n ly C hicago is
ton D.C. He was a star p la ye r at the
U n ive rsity o f M a ryla n d . Even then he
was ve ry lo w key. T hat stuck in m y
m ind lo r a lo n g tim e after, how w e ll
this young man carried h im se lf.
A fte r being an A ll-S ta r w ith the
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Blazers have been a w inner every since,
on and o f f the court. He is the one
player on the team that is looked up to
by a ll o f his teammates. He was the one
player that the Blazers needed to put
them in a p o sitio n to w in a N B A cham
pionship. B efore B uck came to P o rt
land, a rebounding pow er fo rw a rd is
w hateverybody said they lacked. Since
he put on a B lazer u n ifo rm , P ortland
has been to the Western C onference
New Jersey Nets, W illia m s was traded
to the Blazers fo r Sam B o w ie , and the
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Form er players e lig ib le fo r co n sid er
ation by the selection co m m itte e m ust
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9,857
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9,886
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9,909
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He was enshrined in the Oregon Sports
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W a lto n was a tw o -tim e a ll-N B A
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Tip Off Time
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The P ortland T ra il B la z e r’ s home
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has been a t the fo r e fr o n t o f the
franchise’ s emergence as a basketball,
com m unity andcorporate success. Since
1952, he has been responsible fo r b rin g
ing a w ide va rie ty o f entertainm ent and
sports to the co m m u n ity, in c lu d in g b o x
ing, professional fo'otball and hockey.
the conclusion o f the 1987-88 season,
when he sold the club to Paul A lle n .
O rig in a lly one o f three p rin c ip a l owners,
W einberg was named team president
January 7 ,1 9 7 5 . U nder his d ire ctio n , the
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better w ith a 196-72 record.
For those o f you that w o u ld re a lly
like to see another side o f B uck W il
liam s can do so by tuning in on M onday
night, Decem ber 2 8 .1992,a t8 :3 0 P.M .
on Paragon Cable, channels 30 and 38
and sec h im as m y guest on P D X
S portslinc. I know you w ill fin d that
B u ck W illia m s is e v e ry th in g you
thought he was and a w hole lo t more.
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