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	Jerry West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jerry Alan West (born May 28, 1938 in Chelyan, West Virginia) has had one of the most successful careers ever in professional basketball, first as a player, then as a coach and finally as an executive.
		In the summer of 2000, the city of Morgantown, West Virginia and West Virginia Governor Cecil Underwood, dedicated the road outside of the West Virginia University Basketball Coliseum, "Jerry West Boulevard".
		West later became a coach who carried the Lakers into the playoffs in his three seasons 1976-1979, after which he was hired as an executive for the club in various positions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerry_West (1136 words)

	NBA.com: Jerry West Bio
		In the 1965 NBA Playoffs, West averaged 40.6 ppg over 11 contests; his 46.3 ppg average against Baltimore in the division finals was a record for a six-game series.
		West remained as uptight in the front office as he had been on the court.
		West was named the NBA Executive of the Year for 1995 after the Lakers posted their best record in four seasons.
	www.nba.com /history/players/west_bio.html (2243 words)

	Jerry West - MSN Encarta
		Jerry West, born in 1938, American basketball player, coach, and general manager, who averaged 27 points per game during his career and is considered one of the best ever to play the guard position.
		Jerry Alan West was born in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, and educated at West Virginia University, where he was twice named an All-American.
		In the early 1990s the Lakers experienced several disappointing seasons, but after assembling a team that went to the playoffs in 1995, West was named NBA executive of the year for the 1994-1995 season.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761566817 (336 words)

	ESPN Classic - West was also-ran champion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		West practiced basketball incessantly at a neighbor's house, wearing gloves in the cold and developing a quick-release shot that became a trademark.
		West was drafted in the first round that year by the Lakers, who moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles before the start of the season.
		West was renowned for his ability to overcome injuries - he broke his nose at least eight times - and perform under pressure.
	espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/West_Jerry.html (1437 words)

	WVU Alumni \| Jerry West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jerry West, a native of Chelyan, W.Va., graduated from West Virginia University in 1960 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education.
		West is better-known as one of the greatest players in NBA history after a 14-year career, all with the Lakers.
		West was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979 and was named to the NBA’s 35th Anniversary team in 1980.
	alumni.wvu.edu /awards/academy/1991/jerry_west (453 words)

	Jerry West Profile, Career Highs, Highlights and Pictures - Lakers Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jerry West was one of the greatest guards in Lakers and NBA history.
		West led that historic team to the championship with 25.8 pts and 9.7 assists in the season and 22.9 pts and 8.9 assists in the playoffs.
		Jerry West not only was one of the best Lakers player of all times, he also was a Laker scout, coach and General Manager.
	www.nbahoy.com.ar /players/jerry_west_profile.htm (608 words)

	Jerry West
		West is the Stan Musial of college basketball, the Wizard of Ahs (Bill Evans, Fairmont Times), and has changed the state's famous battle cry to West "by Jerry" Virginia.
		West wound up hitting 11 field goals in 15 attempts to build a 27-point total and grabbed 21 rebounds, almost three times as many as the next best on either club.
		West is a dedicated player who gives it everything he has in every game and may be more valuable to his team.
	www.wvculture.org /HISTORY/sports/westjerry01.html (2063 words)

	CNNSI.com - NBA Basketball - Jerry West retires as Lakers' executive vice president - Tuesday August 08, 2000 ...
		West, who couldn't even watch in June as the Lakers won their first championship in 12 years, retired, ending four decades with the franchise as one of the NBA's greatest players and top executives.
		West, 62, will be succeeded as executive vice president of basketball operations by general manager Mitch Kupchak, who has worked with West in the front office the past 14 years.
		West joined the Lakers in 1960 as a first-round draft choice from West Virginia, and was acknowledged to be one of the NBA's finest players, retiring in 1974 with a 25.0 points per game average -- currently fifth-highest in league history.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/nba/news/2000/08/07/west_retires_ap (1123 words)

	Jerry West Quits Lakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		LOS ANGELES — Jerry West, a driving force in one of the most successful franchises in the history of professional sports, Monday resigned as vice president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers.
		West had hinted in recent years that he was growing tired of running the club and was considering retirement.
		The player silhouette on the NBA logo is modeled after West, who was an all-star in each of his 14 years as a player, all with the Lakers.
	www.newsmax.com /articles/?a=2000/8/7/210912 (565 words)

	Jerry West Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In storybook fashion, Jerry West was on the fast track to stardom from the day he touched a basketball.
		In a superlative senior season, West was a consensus All-America and led West Virginia to its third consecutive conference championship.
		West's only NBA championship was won in 1972, the year Bill Sharman coached Los Angeles to a record 33-straight regular season wins.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/West.htm (872 words)

	Michael D. West, Ph.D.
		West is the President, Chairman, and Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. of Alameda, CA and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
		West, M.D. Method to extend life span and proliferative capacity of cells – comprises administration of polyadenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase inhibitor to cells.
		West, M.D., Shay, J.W., Wright, W.E., and Linskens, M.H.K. Altered expression of plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor during cellular senescence.
	www.michaelwest.org (2415 words)

	Jerry West - Questions, Answers, Fun Facts, Information
		Jerry was a first round, second overall pick in the 1960 NBA draft, second to the great Oscar Robertson who was drafted by the Cincinnati Royals.
		Jerry was born on May 28, 1938, in Cheylan, West Virginia, just south of Charleston.
		Jerry West took the Lakers to the playoffs in every season that he was a player except for the 1971 season.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/Sports/Jerry-West-14220.html (1253 words)

	Jerry West - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Jerry West - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		West, Jerry, born in 1938, American basketball player, coach, and general manager, who averaged 27 points per game during his career and is...
		One of the most spectacular moments in basketball player Jerry West’s career on the court occurred in 1970, in the last seconds of a playoff finals...
	encarta.msn.com /Jerry_West.html (90 words)

	USATODAY.com - Jerry West denies reports he's joining Hawks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jerry West, the architect of the world champion L.A. Lakers, said Sunday there is "absolutely no truth" to reports he is about to take an executive position with Atlanta.
		West, 63, who resigned as L.A.'s executive vice president after the 2000 season, said he talked recently to Hawks President Stan Kasten about a possible job but "nothing came of it.
		West said that he'd like to work in the NBA again if he could find the right situation, possibly a rebuilding project.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/nba/stories/2001-12-09-west.htm (166 words)

	ESPN.com: NBA - A move only Jerry West would make (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Yet, Jerry is comfortable enough with his brain, and how it fires, that his first explanation as to why he went for Hubie is probably the honest one.
		The one thing that Jerry does a little differently is he will follow an initial instinct, and that may get him outside the box.
		This was supposed to be about Jerry's Brain, but now, I realize the trait that is most admirable about West isn't so much his brain, but other parts of his anatomy.
	espn.go.com /nba/columns/aldridge_david/1463543.html (1222 words)

	CNN/SI - NFL Football - Jerry West to join group pursuing NFL team for L.A. - Friday September 18, 1998 08:57 PM
		West, executive vice president of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, has been given permission by team owner Jerry Buss to moonlight as an adviser for Michael Ovitz's ownership group.
		West will travel to Kansas City with Ovitz for an October 27 presentation before all 31 NFL owners with invitations also extended to the New Coliseum Partners and the city of Houston, two other groups interested in landing expansion franchises.
		West recently agreed to a four-year contract extension with the Lakers for $3.5 million a year that will carry him through the 2002-03 season.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/nfl/news/1998/09/18/nfl_jerrywest (442 words)

	purevolume™ \| jerry west
		the jerry west story began in waxahachie, texas in the summer of 1960.
		throughout high school and college, jerry played a range of styles in jazz and rock bands.
		jerry also has two beautiful women in his life, his wife, robin, and daughter, lauren.
	www.purevolume.com /jerrywest (233 words)

	Jerry West - Moviefone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jerry West Combine a deadly jump shot, tenacious defense, obsessive perfectionism, unabashed confidence, and an uncompromising will to win, and you``ve got...
		In 1982, Jerry West was named general manager of the Lakers, and through shrewd trades and...
		Jerry West - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Jerry West Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/jerry-west/75621/main (101 words)

	Basketball: Jerry West Profile and Information.
		Jerry West not only was one of the best NBA players, when he retired he took all his knowledge of the game to the front office.
		Jerry West is fifth all-time in points per game and 6th all time in total playoff points.
		Jerry West averaged 25.8 points and a league best 9.7 assists.
	www.authenticbasketball.com /top_players/jerry_west.htm (508 words)

	Jerry West St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Clutch") was an All-Star player during his NBA career in the 1960s and early 1970s and later served as head coach and general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the predominant cage teams of the 1980s.
		West's likeness has since become an icon to basketball fans and the general public as the silhouetted figure in the NBA's logo.
		West might be described as an atypical basketball player.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201293 (649 words)

	Jerry West — Infoplease.com
		West Virginia: History, Geography, Population, and State Facts - Information on West Virginia — economy, government, culture, state map and flag, major cities, points of interest, famous residents, state motto, symbols, nicknames, and other trivia.
		Jerry Effren of Southbury, managing partner of The Greyrock Cos., Norwalk, a real estate developer and home builder, was named 2004......
		Coming through is what they do: players like Jerry West scale every step of the clutch ladder and are rewarded with basketball immortality....
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109743.html (327 words)

	purevolume™ \| jerry west acoustic
		eclectic instrumental acoustic guitar music written, recorded and produced by jerry west.
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		jerry west acoustic hasn't posted any shows yet.
	www.purevolume.com /jerrywestacoustic (247 words)

	Jerry West - JustBBall 07 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Everyone expected Dick Versace or Jerry West to fire Lowe, but they let him stay with the team for the start of the season.
		The next thing that West had to take care of when he came to Memphis was the NBA Draft.
		The season flew by and West only made a few minor changes, such as trading Drew Gooden and Gordan Giricek for Mike Miller, Ryan Humphrey, and the 27th pick in the NBA Draft.
	www.justbball.com /forums/showthread.php?t=3887 (1192 words)

	Mr. Clutch: Jerry West quiz -- free game
		Jerry Alan West was given the nickname of 'Mr.
		After coaching in the NBA, Jerry West went to the head office.
		During the ceremony, who did Jerry share the podium with, who was also the first player in history to average a triple-double in a season?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=201579 (269 words)

	Amazon.com: "Jerry West": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		JERRY WEST: "When the Lakers first came to Los Angeles from Minneapo- lis they were terrible.
		Jerry West was the greatest clutch shooter in the history of the game and I looked there first on the right side.
		Jerry West In 1960, the Lakers moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, and drafted a kid out of Cabin Creek, West Virginia,...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Jerry-West (603 words)

	Jerry West Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Consistency," Jerry West (born 1938) is considered one of the best shooting guards in National Basketball Association (NBA) history.
		Jerry Alan West was born on May 28, 1938, in the quiet town of Cheylan, West Virginia, near the state capital of Charleston.
		He was one of six children of Howard Stewart and Cecil Sue West.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/jerry-west (177 words)

	The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia - West offers advice to WVU students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		West said college is a place to develop skills as a person decides what he or she wants to become and how to be successful.
		West said his top salary as a player was $300,000 a year.
		West said becoming rich provides you with two things: You could tell everybody to go to hell, and it provides you with the means of buying whatever you desire.
	www.register-herald.com /sports/local_story_249233105.html (686 words)

	MCFARLANE NBA LEGENDS 2 JERRY WEST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jerry West joined the Los Angeles Lakers as the second overall selection in the 1960 NBA draft.
		West was named to the NBA All-Star team 14 times, and overtime-forcing 60-foot shots (like the one in Game Three of the 1970 NBA Finals) earned him the nickname "Mr.
		Clutch." West delivered Los Angeles' first title in 1972, and was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.
	www.toynk.com /catalog/mcfarlane_nba_legends_2_jerry_west_5379080.htm (91 words)

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		The Lakers brought the NBA to the west coast as they moved to Los Angeles at the end of the 1960 season.
		Jerry West, who was known for his clutch shooting and perfectionism, led the Lakers to nine NBA Finals in his 14 year career.
		During the 1961-1962 season, West led the Lakers to a first place finish in the Western Conference as he tallied 2,300 points throughout the season.
	www.mitchellandness.com /detail.aspx?id=2241 (297 words)

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