- Rich Kelley
Richard (Rich) Ryland Kelley (born
March 23 ,1953 inSan Mateo, California ) is a retired Americanbasketball player. A center/power forward, a graduate ofWoodside High School , playedcollege basketball for Stanford, and in the NBA, for the New Orleans Jazz/Utah Jazz (1975-79 and 1983-85),New Jersey Nets (1979-80),Phoenix Suns (1980-82),Denver Nuggets (1982-83) andSacramento Kings (1985-86).He helped the Suns win the 1980-81 NBA Pacific Division and the Jazz win the 1983-84 NBA Midwest Division.
He currently ranks 94th on the NBA's career offensive rebounds list (1,872).
In 11 seasons he played in 814 games and played 17,711 minutes, a 48.8 field goal percentage (2,166 for 4,435), 78.3 free throw percentage (1,867 for 2,384), 5,678 total rebounds (1,872 offensive, 3,806 defensive), 2,092 assists, 694 steals, 749 blocked shots, 2,613 personal fouls and 6,199 points.
He played for the US national team in the
1974 FIBA World Championship , winning the bronze medal. [ [http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_1974.html 1974 USA Basketball] ]References
External links
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kelleri01.html Career statistics]
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