John Clawson

John Richard Clawson was an American basketball player.
A small forward born in Duluth, Minnesota and from Naperville [Central High School|Naperville High School] in Illinois, Clawson played at the University of Michigan, where his team won three Big Ten Conference titles and participated in two NCAA Men's [Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Final Fours]. Clawson then represented the United States at the 1967 [Pan American Games] and the 1968 Summer Olympics, earning gold medals in basketball at both events. He also played for the United States men's national basketball team at the 1967 [FIBA World Championship]. From 1968 to 1969, he played for the Oakland Oaks of the American Basketball Association. He averaged 4.7 points per game with the Oaks and won a league championship in 1969.
After his basketball career ended, Clawson worked at Merrill Lynch and as a high school teacher in Danville, California. He later started his own construction company.