Adrian Smith (basketball)

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Olympic medal record
Men's Basketball
Gold 1960 Rome United States

Adrian Howard Smith (born October 5, 1936 in Farmington, Kentucky) is an American former National Basketball Association player.

Smith was a member of the undefeated U.S. men's basketball team that won the gold medal in the 1960 Olympics.

A 6"1" guard, he was drafted out of the University of Kentucky by the Cincinnati Royals in 1961. Career highlights include his surprising winning of the 1966 NBA All-Star Game MVP (assisted, literally, by his regular season teammate Oscar Robertson[1]), and his league leading free throw percentage of 0.903 in the 1966-67 season. In the 1969-70 season, Smith was traded by the Royals to the San Francisco Warriors. Smith's NBA career ended following the 1970-71 season, after which he played one season in the American Basketball Association with the Virginia Squires.

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  1. ^ Pluto, Terry (1992). Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA in the Words of the Men Who Played, Coached, and Built Pro Basketball. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0671742795.

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1960 Olympic Champions Men's Basketball

Jay Arnette | Walt Bellamy | Bob Boozer | Terry Dischinger | Burdette Haldorson | Darrall Imhoff
Allen Kelley | Lester Lane | Jerry Lucas | Oscar Robertson | Adrian Smith | Jerry West

Coach: Pete Newell