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{{Short description|American basketball player}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Ted McClain
| image           = 
| width           = 
| caption         = 
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 1
| weight_lb       = 180
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1946|08|30}}
| birth_place     = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.
| high_school     = [[Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School|Pearl]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
| college         = [[Tennessee State Tigers men's basketball|Tennessee State]] (1967–1971)
| draft_year      = 1971
| draft_round     = 2
| draft_pick      = 22
| draft_team      = [[Atlanta Hawks]]
| career_start    = 1971
| career_end      = 1979
| career_number   = 24, 12
| career_position = [[Point guard]] / [[shooting guard]]
| years1          = [[1971–72 ABA season|1971]]–[[1973–74 ABA season|1974]]
| team1           = [[Carolina Cougars]]
| years2          = [[1974–75 ABA season|1974]]–[[1975–76 ABA season|1976]]
| team2           = [[Kentucky Colonels]]
| years3          = [[1975–76 ABA season|1976]]
| team3           = [[New York Nets]]
| years4          = {{nbay|1976|full=y}}
| team4           = [[Denver Nuggets]]
| years5          = {{nbay|1977|full=y}}
| team5           = [[Buffalo Braves]]
| years6          = {{nbay|1977|end}}
| team6           = [[Philadelphia 76ers]]
| years7          = {{nbay|1978|end}}
| team7           = [[Phoenix Suns]]
| highlights      = 
* 2× [[ABA champion]] ([[1975 ABA Playoffs|1975]]–[[1976 ABA Playoffs|1976]])
* [[ABA All-Star]] ([[1974 ABA All-Star Game|1974]])
* [[ABA All-Defensive First Team]] ([[1973–74 ABA season|1974]])
* [[American Basketball Association#Steals leaders|ABA steals leader]] ({{abay|1973|end}})
| stats_league    = ABA and NBA
| stat1label      = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value      = 4,669 (8.4 ppg)
| stat2label      = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value      = 1,627 (2.9 rpg)
| stat3label      = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value      = 1,909 (3.4 apg)
}}

'''Theodore McClain''' (born August 30, 1946) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. A 6'1", 180&nbsp;lb (82&nbsp;kg) [[guard (basketball)|guard]] from [[Tennessee State University]], McClain played eight seasons (1971–1979) of professional basketball in the [[American Basketball Association]] (ABA) and [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA).

While in college McClain was named the Most Outstanding Player of the [[1970 NCAA College Division basketball tournament]] in which Tennessee State lost in the finals to [[Philadelphia University]].

McClain was selected in the second round of the [[1971 NBA draft]] by the [[Atlanta Hawks]] and in the same year's ABA Draft by the [[Carolina Cougars]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110528062541/http://databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=McClaTe01 Ted McClain at DatabaseBasketball.com]}}</ref>   McClain opted to play for the Cougars.

McClain competed for the Carolina Cougars, [[Kentucky Colonels]], [[New York Nets]], [[Denver Nuggets]], [[Buffalo Braves]], [[Philadelphia 76ers]], and [[Phoenix Suns]]. In his career, McClain averaged 8.4 [[points per game]] and 3.4 [[assists per game]]. He also appeared in the [[1974 ABA All-Star Game]].

McClain holds the ABA record for steals in a single game with 12, set against the New York Nets on December 26, 1973.<ref name=encyc>{{cite book | title = The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia | publisher =  Villard Books | year = 1994 | page = 209 | isbn = 0-679-43293-0}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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