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Posted on 11/18/2011 9:35:59 PM PST by fkabuckeyesrule
Walt Hazzard, the former UCLA and NBA star who played on the Bruins' first NCAA championship basketball team in 1964 and later coached the team for four seasons in the 1980s, died Friday. He was 69.
Hazzard's family said he had been recuperating for a long time from complications following heart surgery. The school said Hazzard died at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center.
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A great player, one of the first great UCLA players. RIP Walt. He started the legend that was UCLA basketball.
RIP.
Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich were one of the best college backcourts, EVER.
Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich were one of the best college backcourts, EVER.
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Yes they were. That full court press started a revolution that became UCLA basketball.
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When I was a kid shooting baskets in my driveway it was Gail Goodrich I was pretending to be.
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