Zachary M. Clayton (April 17, 1913 – November 20, 1997) was a basketball player for the New York Rens.

[1] He was also a Negro league baseball player and a professional boxing referee.

Clayton played at the Christian Street YMCA along with Charles "Tarzan" Cooper, Jackie Bethards and Bill Yancey.

There they began four fruitful careers on a squad called the Tribune Men.

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