Al Attles
Basketball Player
Point guard who starred for the Philadelphia/Golden State Warriors from 1960-1971, and coached the team from 1970-1983.
He played college basketball at North Carolina A&T, and was selected 39th overall in the 1960 NBA draft.
His #16 is retired by the Warriors, and even in his 70s he attended every home Warriors game.
He was born in Newark, New Jersey.
He won an NBA championship in 1975, which made him the second African-American coach to do so, joining Bill Russell.