ACC fans of a certain age will remember Clyde “the Glyde” Austin. A smooth 6-3 guard out of Richmond, Austin played for NC State. Unfortunately he may be most famous for being stripped by UNC’s Dudley Bradley with mere seconds to go, a lapse that cost NC State the game. It remains an iconic ACC play.
He’s not the original Clyde the Glide though. That would have been Walt Frazier, who was called Clyde and also Clyde the Glide.
Austin came to the New York Knicks out of Southern Illinois in 1967 and within a few years helped the Knicks to two championships.