Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier awarded Curt Gowdy Award from Hall of Fame

Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier has been honored by the Corridor of Fame once more.

The legendary Knicks level guard turned broadcaster, who was inducted as a participant in 1987, was awarded the Curt Gowdy Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame in a ceremony Friday evening in Springfield, Mass.

Walt Frazier speaks to the gang whereas receiving the Curt Gowdy Award for his broadcasting profession with the Knicks.

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Iconic for his outrageous outfits and fits, the 77-year-old Frazier donned a pink, inexperienced, purple and yellow-patterned jacket, gold shirt and multi-colored tie for the event.

Frazier started his tv profession in 1980, later becoming a member of MSG Community in 1987 — the identical yr he was inducted into the Corridor for his enjoying profession — on the radio, and later transitioning to TV.

Frazier and play-by-player Mike Breen have lengthy been beloved because the community’s voice of the Knicks.

“When Walt was a participant, he was a Corridor of Famer due to how arduous he labored,” Breen, who obtained the Gowdy Award in 2021, lately instructed The Put up’s Marc Berman forward of the ceremony. “Identical factor as a broadcaster. He doesn’t simply wing it. And I believe he’s higher now than he’s ever been. It’s greater than his vocabulary.”

In 10 seasons with the Knicks, Frazier averaged 19.3 factors, 6.3 assists, 6.1 rebounds and a pair of.0 steals whereas main the staff to 2 championships.