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Jerry West Net Worth

Net Worth$55 million
Date of Birth28 May 1938
ProfessionFormer basketball player
NationalityAmerican
Last Updated2020
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Jerry  West Net Worth, How did the retired American basketball player accumulate his wealth? Check this article to find out more about Jerry West Net Worth and his career.

Jerry West Net Worth

Jerry West Early Life

He is a retired American basketball player. Jerry West excelled at East Bank High School and at West Virginia University, leading the Mountaineers to the 1959 NCAA championship game, earning the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player honor despite the loss.

West was the fifth of six children of Cecil Sue West, a housewife and Howard Stewart West, a coal mine electrician. His father physically abused him and West has stated that he slept with a loaded shotgun under his bed out of fear that he might have to kill his father in self-defense one day.

Jerry West Career

Jerome Alan West was born on the 28th of  May, 1938 in Chelyan, West Virginia. He embarked on a 14-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and was the co-captain of the 1960 U.S. Olympic gold medal team in Rome. 

His nicknames include ‘Mr. Clutch’, for his ability to make a big play in a clutch situation, ‘The Logo’, in reference to his silhouette being incorporated into the NBA logo; ‘Mr. Outside’, in reference to his perimeter play and ‘Zeke from Cabin Creek’. 

West was voted 12 times into the All-NBA First and Second Teams, was elected into the NBA All-Star Team 14 times, and was chosen as the All-Star MVP in 1972. In 1996, he was also voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history.

He was head coach of the Lakers for three years, leading Los Angeles into the playoffs each year and earning a Western Conference Finals berth once. West was named general manager of the Lakers while working as a player-scout for three years prior to the 1982–83 NBA season. However, under his reign Los Angeles won six NBA championships.

Jerry West Net Worth

As of today, Jerry West Net Worth is $55 Million. Jerry West Net Worth is earned from his career as a basketball player.

Summary: 

Jerome Alan West is a retired American basketball player. He was head coach of the Lakers for three years, leading Los Angeles into the playoffs each year and earning a Western Conference Finals berth once. In 1996, he was voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history.

As of 2020, Jerry West’s net worth is $55 Million.

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