Wally Rank

Wally Rank
Personal information
Born March 1, 1958
Fort Ord, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Carson (Carson, California)
College San Jose State (1976–1980)
NBA draft 1980 / Round: 5 / Pick: 99th overall
Selected by the San Diego Clippers
Position Small forward / Shooting guard
Number 30
Career history
1980–1981 San Diego Clippers
1981–1982 Sacramora Rimini (Italy)
1985 Great Taste Coffee Makers (Philippines)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Wallace Aliifua "Wally" Rank (born March 1, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 6'6" guard-forward, Rank played college basketball for San Jose State University from 1977 to 1980. He scored 1,432 points in his college career and set a school record for points in a game when he tallied 40 against California State University, Sacramento on January 3, 1980.[1]

In 1980, Rank was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 99th pick of the 1980 NBA Draft. He played 25 games for the Clippers during the 1980-81 NBA season, scoring 55 points.[2] He later played for Sacramora Rimini in Italy[3] and Great Taste Coffee Makers in the Philippines.[4]

Rank is a Samoan American, and played for the Western Samoa national basketball team at the 1993 Oceania championship.[5]

References

  1. ↑ San José State 2008-09 men's basketball media guide. Retrieved on June 30, 2009.
  2. ↑ Wally Rank statistics. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on June 30, 2009.
  3. ↑ Legabasket statistics. Retrieved on June 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ 1985 Great Taste Coffee Makers season. Wikipedia.
  5. ↑ Mike Reilley. "For Murphy, It's Jungle Out There - Basketball: UC Irvine assistant coaches Western Samoa national team to a gold medal at Oceania championships". Los Angeles Times. July 17, 1993. Retrieved on June 30, 2009.

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