Bob McCullough (basketball)

For other people named Robert McCullough, see Robert McCullough (disambiguation).

Robert ‘Bob’ McCullough is a former basketball player from New York. He was widely known as a streetball player at Rucker Park.^[1] McCullough and Fred Crawford started the Rucker Pro Tournament in honor of mentor Holcombe Rucker.^[2][3]

Basketball

McCullough attended Benedict College in South Carolina with Ernie Morris.^[4] In college, he averaged 36 points per game.^[4] This made him the second-highest scorer in the nation.^[4] He scored 2100 points in 3 years.^[1]

In the 1965 NBA draft, the Cincinnati Royals took him in the 12th round (91st overall).^[5] He was cut to make room for Oscar Robertson.^[6]

Post-basketball career

McCullough later went on to earn further degrees and become a New York City guidance counselor and social worker.^[7] He studied for a Master of Science degree from Lehman College and studied additionally at New York University, Cornell University, and Hunter College.^[8] He serves as a staff member for Rucker Park.^[9] He founded a program called Each One Teach One, which was honored by Charles Rangel.^[10]

References

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4. "Rucker 50 | SLAMonline". slamonline.com. July 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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6. "Holcombe Rucker Basketball Hall of Fame". espn.com. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
7. Anderson, L.; Millman, C. (1999). Pickup Artists: Street Basketball in America. Verso. p. 64. ISBN 9781859842430. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
8. "Bob McCullough (2004) - Hall of Fame". Benedict College Athletics. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
9. Vecsey, George (10 August 1983). "SPORTS OF THE TIMES - About Games and Life - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
10. "Congressional Record | Congress.gov | Library of Congress". congress.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-11.