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Dick Farley (basketball)

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Dick Farley
Farley as a senior at Indiana
Personal information
Born(1932-04-13)April 13, 1932
Winslow, Indiana, U.S.
DiedOctober 1, 1969(1969-10-01) (aged 37)
Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolWinslow (Winslow, Indiana)
CollegeIndiana (1951–1954)
NBA draft1954: 2nd round, 15th overall pick
Selected by the Syracuse Nationals
Playing career1954–1959
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Number14, 12, 22
Career history
1954–1956Syracuse Nationals
1958–1959Detroit Pistons
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points1,378 (6.5 ppg)
Rebounds527 (2.5 rpg)
Assists386 (1.8 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Richard L. Farley (April 13, 1932 – October 2, 1969) was an American professional basketball player.

A 6'4" (1.93 m) swingman from Winslow, Indiana, Farley played for the 1953 Indiana University national championship team. He also played three seasons (1954–1956; 1958–1959) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Syracuse Nationals and Detroit Pistons. He averaged 6.5 points per game in his career and won a league title with Syracuse in 1955.

Farley previously held the NBA record for the shortest amount of time on the floor before fouling out in a game, with five minutes' playing time, set on March 12, 1956. The record stood for 41 years until the Dallas Mavericks' Bubba Wells broke it by getting himself disqualified in just 3 minutes on December 29, 1997.[1]

Farley died of cancer on October 2, 1969.[2]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship  *  Led the league

NBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1954–55† Syracuse 69 16.1 .385 .677 2.4 1.6 5.9
1955–56 Syracuse 72 19.8 .373 .691 2.3 2.1 6.7
1958–59 Detroit 70 18.3 .393 .737 2.8 1.8 7.0
Career 211 18.1 .384 .700 2.5 1.8 6.7

Playoffs

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Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1955† Syracuse 11* 15.3 .339 .560 1.2 1.8 4.7
1956 Syracuse 8 21.1 .472 .613 2.6 3.5 10.1
1959 Detroit 3 11.0 .417 1.000 2.0 1.0 3.7
Career 22 16.8 .414 .596 1.8 2.3 6.8

Notes

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  1. ^ "NBA.com History: This Date in History - March". NBA.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
  2. ^ "1969 Farley Obituary – Winslow High School Alumni Website…. Hoosier Hysteria at It's Finest!!!". Archived from the original on October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "Dick Farley NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
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