- Bob Feerick
Robert Joseph (Bob) Feerick (
January 2 1920 –June 8 1976 ) was an American professionalbasketball player, coach and general manager. He was born inSan Francisco, California .A 6-3 guard from
Santa Clara University , Feerick played for theWashington Capitols from 1946 to 1950, theNBA 's first four seasons of existence (the league was known as the Basketball Association of America during the first three). Playing under coachRed Auerbach , he was named to the All NBA First Team during 1947 and 1948 after averaging 16.8 (second behindJoe Fulks 's 23.1) and 16.1 points per game respectively. In 1949, the league's first season as the newly formedNBA , the Capitols named Feerickplayer-coach .In 221 games, he scored 2936 points for an average of 13.3 per game.After his short pro career, Feerick returned Santa Clara to head-coach its basketball team. In addition to coaching the Capitols while still an active player, Feerick also was
Wilt Chamberlain 's coach with theSan Francisco Warriors during the 1962-63 season. The franchise had just relocated fromPhiladelphia and hired Feerick, the native San Franciscan, to replaceFrank McGuire , who resigned rather than make the move with the team. The Warriors finished 31-49 in their first year in San Francisco after losing to theBoston Celtics in each of the previous three Eastern Division finals. The following season,Alex Hannum replaced Feerick as coach.He was nominated into
NBA 25th Anniversary Team on 1961.External links
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/feeribo01.html Feerick's pro statistics]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/feeribo01c.html Feerick's coaching record]
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