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United States Walt "Clyde" Frazier is an iconic figure in basketball, known both for his Hall of Fame playing career with the New York Knicks and his long-standing role as a beloved broadcaster.
Frazier has had a long-standing partnership with Puma, celebrating over 40 years of collaboration. He was the first basketball player to have his own signature shoe, the Puma Clyde, released in 1973. In 2018, Puma honored him with a lifetime contract. The brand continues to celebrate his style and legacy, including releasing collections like 'Clyde's Closet' for the 50th anniversary of the Puma Clyde.
Walt Frazier partnered with Michael Weinstein of Ark Restaurants, Corp to open Clyde Frazier's Wine and Dine, a restaurant in New York City. The venue blends a sports bar atmosphere with upscale dining, reflecting Frazier's personal style and love for fine food.
Walt Frazier is a client of Mohan's Custom Tailors, an exclusive bespoke menswear provider in NYC. This partnership reflects Frazier’s reputation as a fashion icon.
Walter Frazier Jr. was born on March 29, 1945, in Atlanta, Georgia. As the eldest of nine children, he attended David T. Howard High School, where he excelled in multiple sports including quarterbacking the football team and playing catcher for the baseball team. Frazier learned basketball on a dirt playground, the only facility available at his all-black school in the segregated South of the 1950s. Despite scholarship offers for football, he accepted a basketball scholarship from Southern Illinois University, where he became a premier collegiate player. He was named a Division II All-American in 1964 and 1965, and in 1967, led SIU to win the National Invitation Tournament, earning MVP honors. Southern Illinois became the only non-Division I team to win the NIT.
Frazier was drafted fifth overall by the New York Knicks in the 1967 NBA Draft. He quickly earned the nickname “Clyde” due to his stylish fedora resembling that of Warren Beatty’s character Clyde Barrow. In his rookie season (1967-68), he averaged 9.0 points per game and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team. His performance improved significantly in his sophomore year, averaging 17.5 points, 7.9 assists, and 6.2 rebounds per game. Frazier was instrumental in leading the Knicks to their first two NBA championships in 1970 and 1973. His legendary performance in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals, where he recorded 36 points, seven rebounds, 19 assists, and six steals, is considered one of the greatest in NBA playoff history.
Throughout his 10-year tenure with the Knicks, Frazier was a seven-time NBA All-Star (1970-1976), a four-time All-NBA First Team selection, and a seven-time NBA All-Defensive First Team selection. He was named MVP of the 1975 NBA All-Star Game. Post-playing career, Frazier transitioned into broadcasting, becoming a color commentator for Knicks games on the MSG Network for over three decades, earning him the Curt Gowdy Media Award in 2022. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1987 and was recognized as one of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players in 1996 and one of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team members in 2021.
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