Rick Barry

Rick Barry

Barry at the Golden State Warriors championship parade in June 2015
Personal information
Born	(1944-03-28) March 28, 1944 (age 72) Elizabeth, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Roselle Park (Roselle Park, New Jersey)
College	Miami (Florida) (1962–1965)
NBA draft	1965 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the San Francisco Warriors
Playing career	1965–1980
Position	Small forward
Number	24, 2, 4
Career history
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
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1975) NBA Finals MVP (1975) ABA champion (1969) 8× NBA All-Star (1966, 1967, 1973–1978) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1967) 5x All-NBA First Team (1966, 1967, 1974–1976) All-NBA Second Team (1973) 4× ABA All-Star (1969–1972) 4× All-ABA First Team (1969–1972) NBA Rookie of the Year (1966) NBA scoring champion (1967) NBA steals leader (1975) NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team No. 24 retired by Golden State Warriors Consensus first-team All-American (1965) NCAA Division I scoring leader (1965)
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points	25,279 (24.8 ppg)
Rebounds	6,863 (6.7 rpg)
Assists	4,952 (4.9 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Richard Francis Dennis "Rick" Barry III (born March 28, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in history by the NBA in 1996, Barry is the only player to lead the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), ABA and NBA in scoring for an individual season. He was known for his unorthodox but effective underhand free throw shooting technique, and at the time of his retirement in 1980, his .900 free throw percentage ranked first in NBA history. In 1987, Barry was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He is the father of former NBA players Brent Barry and Jon Barry.

Barry grew up in Roselle Park, New Jersey, graduating from Roselle Park High School in 1962. Barry was an All-American basketball player for the University of Miami, where he starred for three seasons. While at Miami, Barry met his wife Pamela, the daughter of Hurricanes head coach Bruce Hale. As a senior in the 1964–65 campaign, Barry led the NCAA with a 37.4 points-per-game average. Barry and the Hurricanes did not take part in the NCAA Tournament, however, because the basketball program was on probation at the time. Barry is one of just two basketball players to have his number retired by the school.

Barry was drafted by the San Francisco Warriors with the second pick of the 1965 NBA draft.

In Barry's first season in the NBA with the Warriors, the team improved from 17 to 35 victories. In the All-Star Game one season later, Barry erupted for 38 points as the West team stunned the East squad, which featured Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell and head coach Red Auerbach among other all-time greats. Later that season, Barry and company extended the mighty Philadelphia 76ers to six highly competitive games in the NBA Finals, something that Russell and the Boston Celtics could not do in the Eastern Conference playoffs. That 76ers team is considered to be one of the greatest in basketball history.