Nationality American Role Basketball player Children Danny Ferry Name Bob Ferry | Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg) Weight 104 kg Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Height 2.03 m | |
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Born May 31, 1937 (age 87) St. Louis, Missouri ( 1937-05-31 ) | ||
Robert Dean Ferry (born May 31, 1937) is an American retired basketball player and executive.
A 6'8" center from Saint Louis University, Ferry was selected by the St. Louis Hawks with the seventh pick of the 1959 NBA draft. Ferry played ten seasons in the NBA with the Hawks, Detroit Pistons and Baltimore Bullets, scoring 5,780 points and grabbing 3,343 rebounds. After his playing career ended, he became an assistant coach and later general manager for the Bullets, winning the NBA Executive of the Year Award in 1979 and 1982. He later had a brief stint on The NBA on NBC as an "Insider" alongside Peter Vescey in the early 1990s.
Ferry's son Danny had a thirteen-year NBA playing career and later was general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks.