Jim Slacke
Jim Slacke is an American former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the Australian National Basketball League for the Illawarra Hawks.
Slacke was born in San Jose, California in 1953, and lived there until going away to college. He attended California State University at Chico, playing one season for the basketball team in 1972–73 before graduating in 1976 and spending the next 10 years playing professional basketball in Australia. In 1979, he joined the Illawarra Hawks for the inaugural season of the NBL, averaging a career-best 23.8 points per game in his first season. In seven seasons with the Hawks, Slacke played 143 games and averaged 17.5 points per game. Slacke was one of the NBL's all-time best free throw shooters with an 86 per cent clip for his career. He led the NBL in Free Throw Percentage in 1980 with 87.2%.
