# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elgin-baylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:11:45.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elgin-baylor"
name: "Elgin Baylor"
slug: "elgin-baylor"
description: "Elgin Gay Baylor was an American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers. Baylor was a gifted shooter, a strong rebounder, and an accomplished passer, who was best known for his trademark hanging jump shot. The No. 1 draft pick in 1958, NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959, 11-time NBA All-Star, and a 10-time member of the All-NBA first team, Baylor is regarded as one of the game's greatest ever players. In 1977, Baylor was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1996, Baylor was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. In October 2021, Baylor was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. Baylor is the leader for most career rebounds in Lakers franchise history with 11,463."
tagline: "American basketball player, coach, and executive (1934–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elgin_Baylor_Night_program-(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1934-09-16"
deathDate: "2021-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump