Bob Ford (basketball)

Donnerstag, 26. Januar 1950

Robert Alan Ford (born January 26, 1950) is a retired American basketball player. He graduated from Evansville North High School in 1968 and led North High School to the 1967 Indiana high school basketball championship. He played on the 1968 Indiana High School All-Star basketball team against the Kentucky All-Stars. He played college basketball at Purdue University where he totaled 1,244 points and 648 rebounds. He was the team MVP during his junior season (1970–71), leading the Boilermakers to the NIT. He played briefly for the Memphis Tams of the ABA in the 1972–73 season, averaging 1.6 points and 1.3 rebounds in nine games played; a mid-season trade with the Indiana Pacers failed to materialize and Ford was released. Ford spent the 1974–75 basketball season with the of the short lived