For the 1980s basketball player, see Ricky Berry. For other people with similar names, see Rick Berry (disambiguation) and Richard Barry.
Rick Barry
Barry in 2015
Personal information
Born
(1944-03-28) March 28, 1944 (age 80) Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
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: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the San Francisco Warriors
Playing career
1965–1980
Position
Small forward
Number
24, 2, 4
Coaching career
1992–2000
Career history
As player:
1965–1967
San Francisco Warriors
1968–1969
Oakland Oaks
1969–1970
Washington Caps
1970–1972
New York Nets
1972–1978
Golden State Warriors
1978–1980
Houston Rockets
As coach:
1992
Cedar Rapids Sharpshooters
1993–1994
Fort Wayne Fury
1998–1999
New Jersey ShoreCats
2000
Florida Sea Dragons
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)
5× 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 All-Rookie First Team (1966)
NBA scoring champion (1967)
NBA steals leader (1975)
NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
No. 24 retired by Golden State Warriors
Consensus first-team All-American (1965)
NCAA season scoring leader (1965)
No. 24 retired by Miami Hurricanes
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 NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player who starred at the NCAA, American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) levels. Barry ranks among the most prolific scorers and all-around players in basketball history. He is the only one to lead the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), ABA, and 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 the NBA Finals history. Barry was also the only player to score at least 50 points in a Game 7 of the playoffs in either league until Stephen Curry and Jayson Tatum both reached that mark in 2023. He is one of only four players to be a part of a championship team in both leagues.
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.[1] In 1987, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[2] 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.[3]
Barry is the father of former professional basketball players Brent Barry, Jon Barry, Drew Barry, and Scooter Barry, and current professional player Canyon Barry. His wife, Lynn Norenberg Barry, was a star basketball player at the College of William & Mary, where she became the first female athlete to have her jersey number (22) retired.
^"Rick Barry". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^"Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
^"NBA 75th Anniversary Team announced". NBA.com. October 21, 2021. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
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