Bob McCullough (basketball) explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Influential Harlem Ballers | CREAM. cream-the-memoir.com. 2016-09-11. 2014-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20141029160318/http://www.cream-the-memoir.com/?p=140. dead.
  2. Web site: Harvin . Al . Decay Is Consuming a Park in Harlem Where Basketball Stars-to-Be Played . The New York Times . 4 June 2021 . 1976-07-18.
  3. Web site: Cooper . Andy . The Holcombe Rucker Story . 4 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Rucker 50 | SLAMonline. slamonline.com. July 2015. 2016-09-11.
  5. Web site: Robert McCullough . The Draft Review . 11 February 2014 . 3 June 2021 . en-us.
  6. Web site: Holcombe Rucker Basketball Hall of Fame. espn.com. 8 September 2015. 2016-09-11.
  7. Book: Pickup Artists: Street Basketball in America. Anderson, L.. Millman, C.. 1999. Verso. 9781859842430. 64. 2016-09-11.
  8. Web site: Bob McCullough (2004) - Hall of Fame . Benedict College Athletics . 4 June 2021 . en.
  9. News: SPORTS OF THE TIMES - About Games and Life - NYTimes.com. The New York Times. 10 August 1983. 2016-09-11. Vecsey. George.
  10. Web site: Congressional Record | Congress.gov | Library of Congress. congress.gov. 2016-09-11.

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