Russ Critchfield

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Russell "Russ" Critchfield (born June 27, 1946 in Salinas, California) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 5'10" guard, Critchfield played at the University of California, Berkeley in the late 1960s, earning team MVP honors in 1966, 1967, and 1968. He scored 1,437 points in his college career and was a first team All-American selection in 1968.[1] Critchfield was not drafted by an NBA team but played one season (1968-69) with the Oakland Oaks of the American Basketball Association. He scored 161 points in 47 regular season games and won an ABA Championship.[2]

Critchfield is currently men's head basketball coach at Butte College.[3]


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Oakland Oaks 1968-69 ABA Champions

Anderson | Barry | Bradds | Brown | Clawson | Critchfield | Eakins | Harge | Jabali (Finals MVP) | Logan | Moe | Peterson |

Head Coach Hannum

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Player Bio at Calbears.com. Retrieved on April 30, 2008.
  2. ^ Russ Critchfield Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved on April 30, 2008.
  3. ^ Russ Critchfield at Butte College Athletics. Retrieved on April 30, 2008.
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