Rudy LaRusso: ‘He Gets the Job Done,’ 1967

[Mention the near-great Los Angeles Lakers teams of the 1960s, and two names immediately roll off the tongue: Elgin Baylor and Jerry West. In this medium-length article, from the January 1967 issue of the magazine Complete Sports, journalist Paul Green profiles Rudy LaRusso, another vital cog on those Baylor and West teams. LaRusso wasn’t nearly as tale…