Don Ford

Don Ford

No. 35
Power forward
Personal information
Date of birth	December 31, 1952 (1952-12-31) (age 58)
Place of birth	Santa Barbara, California
Nationality	American
High school	Santa Barbara
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College	New Mexico (1972–1973) UC Santa Barbara (1974–1975)
NBA Draft	1975 / Round: 6 / Pick: 92nd overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Pro career	1975–1983
Career history
1975–1980	Los Angeles Lakers
1980–1982	Cleveland Cavaliers
1982–1983	Auxilium Torino (Italy)
Career NBA statistics
Points	3,016 (6.4 ppg)
Rebounds	1,691 (3.6 rpg)
Assists	647 (1.4 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Donald J. (Don) Ford (born December 31, 1952 in Santa Barbara, California) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. He was a 6'8½" (2.05 m), 215 lb (97.5 kg) forward. In high school, he played at Santa Barbara High School and the other forward on his teams was future UCLA and NBA star Keith Wilkes (later Jamaal Wilkes). He played collegiately at the University of New Mexico before transferring to the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Ford was selected with the second pick of the sixth round of the 1975 NBA Draft by the L.A. Lakers. He spent four-and-a-half seasons with the Lakers before he was traded along with a 1980 first round draft pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Butch Lee and a 1982 first round draft pick, which ultimately became first overall pick James Worthy.^[1][2]

After he was released by the Cavaliers in 1982, Ford spent two years playing professionally in Italy. Over 474 NBA games, he averaged 6.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists. He was married to Sharon Tate's sister Patti, with whom he had three children.^[3]

Today, Ford lives in Santa Barbara where he works as a real estate agent.

Notes

1. ^ 1980 NBA Draft Pick Transactions
2. ^ CNN/SI - Statitudes - Timeline - Statitudes: Swaps at the top - Tuesday June 29, 1999 11:06 PM
3. ^ [1]

External links

• NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
• Don Ford profile @ lakersweb.com

Persondata
Name	Ford, Don
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Date of birth	December 31, 1952
Place of birth	Santa Barbara, California
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