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Jerry West is a basketball player, basketball coach, sports executive (United States).
Jerry Alan West (May 28, 1938 – June 12, 2024) was an American basketball player and executive. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His nicknames included "the Logo", in reference to his silhouette being the basis for the NBA logo; "Mr. Clutch", for his ability to make a big play in a key situation such as his famous buzzer-beating 60-foot shot that tied Game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks; "Mr. Outside", in reference to his perimeter play with the Lakers and "Zeke from Cabin Creek" for the creek near his birthplace of Chelyan, West Virginia. West played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers, leading them to the 1959 NCAA championship game.
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| Born | 28 May 1938 |
| Profession | basketball player, basketball coach, sports executive |
| Nationality | United States |
| Educated at | West Virginia University |
| Children | Jonnie West |
| Awards | Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, NBA All-Defensive Team, NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award, All-NBA Team, NBA Executive of the Year Award |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Taurus |
| Nakshatra | Krittika (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Taurus |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Libra |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 194 sportspeople with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 20 of them (10%) have the Moon in Taurus, like Jerry West, and 7 (4%) share the Krittika Nakshatra — the #14 most common Moon Nakshatra among sportspeople, where Pushya leads with 13 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Jerry West was born on 28 May 1938. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Jerry West's Moon sign (Rashi) is Taurus and the Nakshatra is Krittika, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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