Spencer Haywood: Spencer Haywood. Actor: The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. Despite a productive NBA and ABA career, Spencer Haywood will always be remembered as the man who opened the door for underclassmen college basketball players to leave college early to play in the pros, thereby creating the "Spencer Haywood rule." Haywood attended the University of Detroit on a basketball scholarship and helped the United States Olympic team to a gold medal at...
Known For: The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (Basketball Player (New York)), Mexico City 1968: Games of the XIX Olympiad (Self - Basketball Player (United States)), The NBA on CBS (Self), NBA Hardwood Classics (Self)