Chet Walker

Chet Walker
Personal information
Walker in 1975
Born	(1940-02-22) February 22, 1940 (age 84) Bethlehem, Mississippi, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
High school	Benton Harbor (Benton Harbor, Michigan)
College	Bradley (1959–1962)
NBA draft	1962: 2nd round, 12th overall pick
Selected by the Syracuse Nationals
Playing career	1962–1975
Position	Small forward
Number	25
Career history
1962–1969	Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers
1969–1975	Chicago Bulls

Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1967) 7× NBA All-Star (1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1963) Chicago Bulls Ring of Honor 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1961, 1962) Second-team All-American – AP, NABC, UPI (1960) 3× First-team All-MVC (1960–1962) No. 31 retired by Bradley Braves

Career statistics
Points	18,831 (18.2 ppg)
Rebounds	7,314 (7.1 rpg)
Assists	2,126 (2.1 apg)

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Basketball Hall of Fame as player

Chester Walker (born February 22, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player. In the NBA, he was a seven-time All-Star, and helped lead the 1967 Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA championship.

Born in Bethlehem, Mississippi,^[1] Walker played high school basketball for the Benton Harbor High School boys basketball team. He graduated from Bradley University in 1962 as the school's all-time leading scorer. The Bradley Braves^[2] won the NIT Championship in 1957 and 1960. Walker's speed and agility on the court earned him the nickname "Chet the Jet."

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NBA career

Walker was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals in the 1962 NBA draft, and was named to the NBA's first All-Rookie Team in 1963. He followed the team to Philadelphia after his rookie season. A seven-time participant in the NBA All-Star Game, Walker averaged over 19 points and eight rebounds a game for the 1966–67 76ers, who won 68 games and lost just 13—the best record in NBA history at the time. That Alex Hannum-coached team, which also featured center Wilt Chamberlain, guards Hal Greer and Wali Jones, and sixth man Billy Cunningham, ended the eight-year championship run of the Boston Celtics. Walker played his final six seasons with the Chicago Bulls, and never averaged less than 19.2 points and 5.0 rebounds a game. In his 13-year career, Walker scored a total of 18,831 points. The 6–6 forward was an outstanding free-throw shooter, especially in his later years with the Bulls. He led the NBA with an accuracy rate of 85.9 percent in 1970–71, and ranked among the top-10 free-throwers five other times. On February 6, 1972, Walker scored a career-high and then team-record 56 points during a Bulls win over the Cincinnati Royals.^[3]

On February 24, 2012 (two days after his 72nd birthday) it was announced that Walker was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame by the veterans committee. He was formally inducted into the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts on September 7, 2012.

Post playing career

After his playing days, Walker became a moderately successful TV movie producer. He is the author of a memoir entitled Long Time Coming: A Black Athlete's Coming-of-Age in America (1995). Walker also appeared in The White Shadow in Season 3's "If Your Number's Up, Get it Down" as a former Chicago Bulls' teammate of Coach Ken Reeves (Ken Howard)

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high
†	Won an NBA championship

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1962–63	Syracuse	78	–	25.5	.469	–	.699	7.2	1.1	–	–	12.3
1963–64	Philadelphia	76	–	36.5	.440	–	.711	10.3	1.6	–	–	17.3
1964–65	Philadelphia	79	–	27.7	.403	–	.742	6.7	1.7	–	–	13.2
1965–66	Philadelphia	80	–	32.5	.451	–	.716	8.0	2.5	–	–	15.3
1966–67†	Philadelphia	81	–	33.2	.488	–	.766	8.1	2.3	–	–	19.3
1967–68	Philadelphia	82	–	32.0	.460	–	.726	7.4	1.9	–	–	17.9
1968–69	Philadelphia	82	–	33.6	.484	–	.804	7.8	1.8	–	–	18.0
1969–70	Chicago	78	–	34.9	.477	–	.850	7.7	2.5	–	–	21.5
1970–71	Chicago	81	–	36.1	.465	–	.859	7.3	2.2	–	–	22.0
1971–72	Chicago	78	–	33.2	.505	–	.847	6.1	2.3	–	–	22.0
1972–73	Chicago	79	–	31.1	.478	–	.832	5.0	2.3	–	–	19.9
1973–74	Chicago	82	–	32.5	.486	–	.875	5.0	2.4	0.8	0.0	19.3
1974–75	Chicago	76	–	32.3	.487	–	.860	5.7	2.2	0.6	0.1	19.2
Career		1,032	–	32.4	.470	–	.796	7.1	2.1	0.7	0.1	18.2
All-Star		7	1	17.9	.435	–	.850	2.6	1.3	0.0	0.0	8.1

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1963	Syracuse	5	–	26.0	.509	–	.733	9.4	1.8	–	–	15.2
1964	Philadelphia	5	–	38.0	.390	–	.739	10.4	2.6	–	–	18.8
1965	Philadelphia	11	–	42.6	.480	–	.760	7.2	1.6	–	–	20.3
1966	Philadelphia	5	–	36.2	.375	–	.806	7.4	3.0	–	–	14.6
1967†	Philadelphia	15	–	36.7	.467	–	.807	7.6	2.1	–	–	21.7
1968	Philadelphia	13	–	37.3	.410	–	.679	7.4	1.8	–	–	19.1
1969	Philadelphia	4	–	27.3	.535	–	.667	5.8	2.0	–	–	13.5
1970	Chicago	5	–	35.6	.422	–	.818	8.4	2.2	–	–	19.4
1971	Chicago	7	–	33.4	.440	–	.708	7.1	3.1	–	–	15.0
1972	Chicago	4	–	24.3	.421	–	.813	3.5	1.0	–	–	11.3
1973	Chicago	7	–	32.7	.347	–	.892	8.9	2.0	–	–	16.7
1974	Chicago	11	–	36.6	.509	–	.861	5.5	1.6	0.9	0.1	20.9
1975	Chicago	13	–	33.2	.494	–	.880	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.1	17.5
Career		105	–	35.1	.449	–	.787	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.1	18.2

References

^ Smith, Sam (September 5, 2012). "Chet the Jet joins basketball greats in the Hall of Fame". NBA.COM. National Basketball Association. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
^ ESPN; Bradley, Bill (October 6, 2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House Digital, Inc. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
^ "Walker Scores 56 Points (Published 1972)". The New York Times. February 7, 1972. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023.

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v t e 1961 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans
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