# Wally Rank

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{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Wally Rank
| image           = Wally Rank in 2016.jpg
| width           = 
| caption         = Rank in 2016.
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 6
| weight_lb       = 220
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1958|03|01}}
| birth_place     = [Fort Ord, California](/source/Fort_Ord%2C_California), U.S.
| high_school     = [Carson](/source/Carson_High_School_(Carson%2C_California)) ([Carson, California](/source/Carson%2C_California))
| college         = [San Jose State](/source/San_Jose_State_Spartans_men's_basketball) (1976–1980)
| draft_year      = 1980
| draft_round     = 5
| draft_pick      = 99
| draft_team      = [San Diego Clippers](/source/San_Diego_Clippers)
| career_start    = 1980
| career_end      = 1985
| career_number   = 30
| career_position = [Small forward](/source/Small_forward) / [shooting guard](/source/shooting_guard)
| years1          = {{nbay|1980|full=y}}
| team1           = [San Diego Clippers](/source/San_Diego_Clippers)
| years2          = 1981–1982
| team2           = [Sacramora Rimini](/source/Basket_Rimini_Crabs)
| years3          = 1985
| team3           = [Great Taste Coffee Makers](/source/Great_Taste_Coffee_Makers)
| highlights      = 
}}
'''Wallace Aliifua Rank''' (born March 1, 1958) is an American former professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player.

A 6'6" [swingman](/source/swingman), Rank played college basketball for the [San Jose State Spartans](/source/San_Jose_State_Spartans_men's_basketball) from 1977 to 1980. He scored 1,432 points in his college career and set a school record for points in a game when he tallied 40 against [California State University, Sacramento](/source/California_State_University%2C_Sacramento) on January 3, 1980.<ref>[http://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/16076.pdf San José State 2008-09 men's basketball media guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924125057/http://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/16076.pdf |date=September 24, 2012 }}. Retrieved on June 30, 2009.</ref>

In 1980, Rank was selected by the [San Diego Clippers](/source/San_Diego_Clippers) with the 99th pick of the [1980 NBA draft](/source/1980_NBA_draft). He played 25 games for the Clippers during the [1980–81 NBA season](/source/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season), scoring 55 points.<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rankwa01.html|title=Wally Rank NBA statistics|website=[Basketball Reference](/source/Basketball_Reference)|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=8 November 2025}}</ref> He later played for [Sacramora Rimini](/source/Sacramora_Rimini) in Italy<ref>[http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=RAN-WAL Legabasket statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529154924/http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=RAN-WAL |date=May 29, 2011 }}. Retrieved on June 30, 2009.</ref> and [Great Taste Coffee Makers](/source/Great_Taste_Coffee_Makers) in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines).<ref>[1985 Great Taste Coffee Makers season](/source/1985_Great_Taste_Coffee_Makers_season). Wikipedia.</ref>

Rank is a [Samoan American](/source/Samoan_American), and played for the [Western Samoa](/source/Western_Samoa) national basketball team at the 1993 [Oceania](/source/Oceania) championship.<ref>Mike Reilley. "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-17-sp-14056-story.html For Murphy, It's Jungle Out There - Basketball: UC Irvine assistant coaches Western Samoa national team to a gold medal at Oceania championships]". ''Los Angeles Times''. July 17, 1993. Retrieved on June 30, 2009.</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

===NBA===
Source<ref name=bbr/>

====Regular season====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!3P%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!SPG
!BPG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1980}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [San Diego](/source/1980%E2%80%9381_San_Diego_Clippers_season)
| 25 || 6.1 || .368 || &ndash; || .464 || 1.2 || .7 || .3 || .0 || 2.2
{{S-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://npien.com/aboutus/WallyRank.htm Wally Rank profile] at the National Pacific Islander Educator Network

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rank, Wally}}
Category:1958 births
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Italy
Category:American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:American people of Samoan descent
Category:Sportspeople of Samoan descent
Category:Basket Rimini Crabs players
Category:Basketball players from Los Angeles County, California
Category:Basketball players from Monterey County, California
Category:Carson High School (Carson, California) alumni
Category:Great Taste Coffee Makers players
Category:People from Fort Ord, California
Category:Philippine Basketball Association imports
Category:Samoan men's basketball players
Category:San Diego Clippers draft picks
Category:San Diego Clippers players
Category:San Jose State Spartans men's basketball players
Category:Shooting guards
Category:Small forwards
Category:Sportspeople from Carson, California

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