Zachariah Clayton, (April 17, 1913 – November 20, 1997) was a basketball player for the New York Rens.[1] He was also a Negro league baseball player and a professional boxing referee. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.[2]

Zack Clayton

Personal information
Born	(1913-04-17)April 17, 1913 Gloucester County, Virginia
Died	November 20, 1997(1997-11-20) (aged 84) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Career information
High school	Simon Gratz (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Basketball Hall of Fame as player

As a boy, Clayton's family moved from Virginia to Philadelphia. Clayton played at the Christian Street YMCA along with Charles "Tarzan" Cooper, Jackie Bethards and Bill Yancey. There they began four fruitful careers on a squad called the Tribune Men.[3] Clayton also played for the Harlem Globetrotters.[4] Clayton would win world championships with both teams.[4] Clayton is enshrined in the Philadelphia basketball Hall of Fame.[5] Clayton later became a boxing referee. His most famous bout was the 1974 Ali-Foreman "Rumble In The Jungle". Clayton also refereed Muhammad Ali's last fight, against Trevor Berbick in 1981.[6]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads

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