Gary Payton
- Title
- Gary Payton
- LC Subject
- Payton, Gary, 1968- Basketball Gill Coliseum
- Photographer
- Nishitani, Dave
- Description
- Payton, who played at OSU from 1986 to 1990 and started every game of his OSU career, is likely the greatest basketball player in OSU history. Among his honors were consensus All-American First Team (1990), Pac-10 Player of the Year (1990), Sports Illustrated Player of the Year (1990), Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (1987), Olympic gold medals for the United States team in the 1996 and 2000 games, and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2013). He is the all-time leading scorer at OSU (2,172 points) and the Pac-12’s all-time leader in assists (938) and steals (321). Professionally, he played most of his career with the Seattle Supersonics.
- Work Type
- color photographs slides (photographs)
- Location
- Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1989
- Identifier
- P057:GaryPayton
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Local Collection Name
- News and Communication Services Photograph Collection, 1962-1999 (P 057)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Oregon State University Athletics Historical Images of Oregon State University OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
- Historical Images of Oregon State University
- Institution
- Oregon State University