This article is about a basketball player. For other uses, see Austin Carr (disambiguation).
Austin Carr
Carr in 2018
Personal information
Born
(1948-03-10) March 10, 1948 (age 76) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight
200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school
Mackin (Washington, D.C.)
College
Notre Dame (1968–1971)
NBA draft
1971: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Playing career
1971–1981
Position
Shooting guard
Number
22, 34
Career history
1971–1980
Cleveland Cavaliers
1980
Dallas Mavericks
1980–1981
Washington Bullets
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Star (1974)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1972)
J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1980)
No. 34 retired by Cleveland Cavaliers
Naismith College Player of the Year (1971)
AP Player of the Year (1971)
Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1971)
UPI Player of the Year (1971)
Consensus first-team All-American (1971)
Consensus second-team All-American (1970)
Career statistics
Points
10,473 (15.4 ppg)
Rebounds
1,990 (2.9 rpg)
Assists
1,878 (2.8 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2007
Austin George Carr (born March 10, 1948[1]) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, and Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known by Cleveland basketball fans as "Mr. Cavalier". He was part of the Notre Dame team which defeated the UCLA Bruins on January 19, 1971, which was UCLA's last defeat until being beaten by Notre Dame exactly three years later, breaking the Bruins' NCAA men's basketball record 88-game winning streak.
^"Cavaliers All-Time Roster" (PDF). NBA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
Austin George Carr (born March 10, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks...
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around the number one 1971 draft pick AustinCarr, who had set numerous scoring records at Notre Dame, but Carr severely injured his leg shortly into...
the recipient of the ninth annual AustinCarr Good Guy Award. The award, named after Cavaliers legend AustinCarr, is designed to recognize a Cavaliers...
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in Golden State. On May 2, 2006 Hughes was recipient of the inaugural AustinCarr Good Guy Award, designed to recognize the Cavaliers player who is cooperative...
has over 1,910 wins and appeared in 36 NCAA tournaments Former player AustinCarr holds the record for most points scored in a single game of the tournament...
September 20, 1971, for college underclassmen who wished to join the league. AustinCarr from the University of Notre Dame was selected first overall by the Cleveland...
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