Bob Ferry

American basketball player-coach
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican basketball player-coach
A.K.A.Robert Dean Ferry
A.K.A.Robert Dean Ferry
PlacesUnited States of America
isAthlete Basketball player Sports coach Basketball coach
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth31 May 1937, St. Louis, USA
Age87 years
Star signGemini
ResidenceSt. Louis, USA
Family
Children:Danny Ferry
Stats
Height:203 cm
Weight:105 kg
Education
Saint Louis University
Awards
NBA Executive of the Year Award1979
NBA Executive of the Year Award1982
Sports Teams
Detroit Pistons
Washington Wizards
The details

Biography

Robert Dean Ferry (born May 31, 1937) is an American retired basketball player and executive.

A 6'8" center from Saint Louis University, Ferry was selected by the St. Louis Hawks with the seventh pick of the 1959 NBA draft. Ferry played ten seasons in the NBA with the Hawks, Detroit Pistons and Baltimore Bullets, scoring 5,780 points and grabbing 3,343 rebounds. After his playing career ended, he became an assistant coach and later general manager for the Bullets, winning an NBA Championship in 1978 and the NBA Executive of the Year Award in 1979 and 1982. He later had a brief stint on The NBA on NBC as an "Insider" alongside Peter Vescey in the early 1990s.

Ferry's son Danny had a thirteen-year NBA playing career and later was general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks.

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