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Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player who starred at the NCAA, American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association levels. Barry ranks among the most prolific scorers and all-around players in basketball history. His 16 year professional career highlights include an ABA championship in 1969 with the Oakland…
Known for
- Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association — Self2026
- Goliath — Self2023
- Uncle Drew — Rick Barry2018
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
- Basketball Man — Self2007
- Coach — Rick Barry1989
- A Different World — Rick Barry1987
- Fame — Player #21982
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
- Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association — Self
via TMDB
Key facts
- 1992
- Cedar Rapids Sharpshooters
- 2000
- Florida Sea Dragons
- Born
- ( 1944-03-28 ) March 28, 1944 (age 82) , Elizabeth, New Jersey , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
- Listed weight
- 205 lb (93 kg)
- High school
- Roselle Park , ( Roselle Park, New Jersey )
- College
- Miami (Florida) (1962–1965)
- Nba draft
- 1965 : 1st round, 2nd overall pick
- Drafted by
- San Francisco Warriors
- Playing career
- 1965–1980
- Position
- Small forward
- Number
- 24, 2, 4
- Coaching career
- 1992–2000
- 1965 1967
- San Francisco Warriors
- 1968 1970
- Oakland Oaks / Washington Caps
- 1970 1972
- New York Nets
- 1972 1978
- Golden State Warriors
- 1978 1980
- Houston Rockets
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Small Forward
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Elizabeth
- Child
- Canyon Barry
- Occupation
- basketball coach
- Educated at
- University of Miami
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- small forward
- Mass
- 93
- Image
- Rick Barry.jpg
- Height
- 201
- Residence
- Elizabeth
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- date of birth
- 1944-03-28
- Commons category
- Rick Barry
- drafted by
- Golden State Warriors
- end of work period
- 1980-00-00
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player. Barry ranks among the most prolific scorers and all-around players in basketball history. He is the only player to lead the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), American Basketball Association (ABA), and National Basketball Association (NBA) in points per game in a season. He ranks as the all-time ABA scoring leader in regular season (30.5 points per game) and postseason (33.5) play, while his 36.3 points per game are the most in NBA Finals history.
Barry is widely known for his unorthodox underhand free throw technique. His career .880 free throw percentage ranks No. 1 in ABA history, and his .900 percentage was the best of any NBA player at the time of his retirement in 1980. In 1987, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1996, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. In October 2021, Barry was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rick Barry” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.