height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick college name career_position high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end draft_round career_number height_in article_title
6 spanish 28 june 1941 1962 1962 -- 1978 1962 real madrid 29 florida -lrb- 1959 -- 1962 -rrb- clifford luyk forward vernon-verona-sherrill -lrb- verona , new york -rrb- 198 syracuse , new york new york knicks 1978 4 13 7 clifford luyk

clifford luyk

clifford luyk diem -lrb- born june 28 , 1941 -rrb- is an american-born former basketball player who played professionally in spain and europe from 1962 to 1978 .
he played college basketball for the university of florida .
he was drafted by the new york knicks of the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- , but never played a regular season game in the nba .
he signed with the spanish professional team real madrid , helped real madrid become the dominant european basketball team of the 1960s , and is remembered for his trademark , old-school hook shot .
luyk was named one of fiba 's 50 greatest players in 1991 , and was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities to european club basketball over the last half-century by the euroleague basketball experts committee in 2008 .
