(1930-11-23)November 23, 1930 Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Died
December 24, 2002(2002-12-24) (aged 72) Neptune, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality
American
Listed height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight
180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school
West Side (Newark, New Jersey)
College
Seton Hall (1950–1953)
NBA draft
1953: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Rochester Royals
Playing career
1955–1959
Position
Point guard / shooting guard
Number
14
Career history
1955–1958
Rochester / Cincinnati Royals
1958–1959
Baltimore Bullets
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Star (1957)
No. 12 retired by Seton Hall Pirates
Career NBA statistics
Points
1,785 (8.3 ppg)
Rebounds
554 (2.6 rpg)
Assists
629 (2.9 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Richard Joseph Regan (November 30, 1930 – December 24, 2002) was an American basketball player and coach who played in the NBA for the Rochester / Cincinnati Royals
Raised in Newark, New Jersey, Regan played prep basketball at West Side High School.[1]
The 6-foot-2-inch (1.88 m) Regan played collegiately at Seton Hall University during the early 1950s. His team made three consecutive appearances in the National Invitation Tournament, winning in 1953. After graduation, he was selected by the Rochester Royals with the fifth pick of the 1953 NBA draft. After two years serving in the United States Marine Corps, Regan played three seasons with the Royals and averaged 8.3 points per game. He appeared in the 1957 NBA All-Star Game.
Regan later served as a basketball coach and athletic director at Seton Hall.[1]
A resident of Sea Girt, New Jersey, Regan died of heart failure at the age of 72.[1]
^ abcGoldstein, Richard. "Richie Regan, 72, Star Player And Then Coach at Seton Hall", The New York Times, December 26, 2002. Accessed November 15, 2018. "Richie Regan, a star guard on Seton Hall's 1953 National Invitation Tournament champions and later the university's basketball coach, athletic director and fund-raising director for athletics, died Tuesday at a hospital in Neptune, N.J. Regan, who lived in Sea Girt, N.J., was 72.... A native of Newark who gained all-New Jersey honors playing basketball at West Side High School, Regan helped Seton Hall reach the N.I.T. in all three of his seasons there."
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