Ed Ratleff
William Edward "Easy Ed" Ratleff is an American former professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He attended East [High School (Columbus, Ohio)] where he led his high school basketball team to the Ohio State Championship in 1968 and was joined by Bo Lamar to claim the 1969 Ohio High School title. Ratleff played college basketball for the Long Beach State 49ers, earning consensus first-team All-American honors twice. He was chosen for the 1972 [United States men's Olympic basketball team|1972 U.S. Olympic team] and participated in the Munich Games. He was selected with the sixth overall pick of the 1973 NBA draft and played five NBA seasons.
High school
Ratleff attended Columbus East High School in Columbus, Ohio, leading his team to the AAA state championship in 1967–1968 with a 25–0 record. The ’68-69 Tigers were also undefeated state champions. Overall in three seasons he led the Tigers to three state championship games, two state championships and a 70-1 record.College career and Olympics
A 6'6" guard/forward, he played college basketball at California State University, Long Beach under coach Jerry Tarkanian. He still holds the school's career record for scoring average. He was twice named first-team AP All-American by the AP, in 1971–72 and 1972–73.Ratleff played for the United States national basketball team at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where the United States lost a controversial gold medal game to the Soviet Union. Ratleff and his teammates refused to accept silver medals in protest at the refereeing controversy. Throughout the Olympic tournament, Ratleff averaged 6.4 points per game.