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Dick Farley (basketball)
American basketball player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard L. Farley (April 13, 1932 – October 2, 1969) was an American professional basketball player.
![]() Farley as a senior at Indiana | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1932-04-13)April 13, 1932 Winslow, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | October 1, 1969(1969-10-01) (aged 37) Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Winslow (Winslow, Indiana) |
College | Indiana (1951–1954) |
NBA draft | 1954: 2nd round, 15th overall pick |
Selected by the Syracuse Nationals | |
Playing career | 1954–1959 |
Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
Number | 14, 12, 22 |
Career history | |
1954–1956 | Syracuse Nationals |
1958–1959 | Detroit Pistons |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career statistics | |
Points | 1,378 (6.5 ppg) |
Rebounds | 527 (2.5 rpg) |
Assists | 386 (1.8 apg) |
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A 6'4" (1.93 m) swingman from Winslow, Indiana, Farley played for the 1953 Indiana University national championship team. He also played three seasons (1954–1956; 1958–1959) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Syracuse Nationals and Detroit Pistons. He averaged 6.5 points per game in his career and won a league title with Syracuse in 1955.
Farley previously held the NBA record for the shortest amount of time on the floor before fouling out in a game, with five minutes' playing time, set on March 12, 1956. The record stood for 41 years until the Dallas Mavericks' Bubba Wells broke it by getting himself disqualified in just 3 minutes on December 29, 1997.[1]
Farley died of cancer on October 2, 1969.[2]