Background
Calvin was born in Fort Worth, Texas and attended Long Beach Poly in California.
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Calvin was born in Fort Worth, Texas and attended Long Beach Poly in California.
University of Southern California.
A 6"0" point guard from Long Beach City College and the University of Southern California, Calvin was a 14th-round draft pick of the National Basketball Association"s Los Angeles Lakers in 1969. In his final college season, Calvin and his Trojans defeated the University of California, Los Angeles Bruins, 46–44, in Pauley Pavilion, ending the Bruins" 41 consecutive game winning streak, 45 in a row in Pacific-8 Conference play wins, and 17 in a row over University of Southern California. The victory also ended University of California, Los Angeles"s 51 victories in Pauley Pavilion. He played seven seasons (1969–1976) in the now-defunct American Basketball Association (American Bar Association) and four seasons in the National Basketball Association (National Basketball Association).
Calvin began his professional career with the American Bar Association"s Los Angeles Stars, averaging 16.8 points per game in his first season to make the American Bar Association All-Rookie Team.
The following season, he averaged a career-high 27.2 points for The Floridians, in the process setting the American Bar Association records for most free throws made (696) and most free throws attempted (805) in one season. Calvin also played for the American Bar Association"s Carolina Cougars, Denver Nuggets, and Virginia Squires before the American Bar Association-National Basketball Association merger in 1976.
He also briefly coached the Squires during the 1975–1976 season. During his American Bar Association career, he tallied 10,620 points and 3,067 assists (second in American Bar Association history behind only Louie Dampier"s 4,044) and appeared in 5 All-Star games.
Calvin joined the Lakers for the 1976-1977 National Basketball Association season but he was never able to match the same level of production he reached while in the American Bar Association. He spent his four seasons in the National Basketball Association with five teams—the Lakers, the San Antonio Spurs, the Denver Nuggets (which had joined the National Basketball Association in 1976), the Utah Jazz, and the Cleveland Cavaliers—before retiring in 1981 with an National Basketball Association career scoring-average of 7.0 points per game.
He coached Virginia Squires in the American Bar Association (1975-1976) for six games and Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association (1991-1992, as an interim head coach in February 1992 for two games).