Nationality American Name Bob Greacen Education Rutgers University College Rutgers (1966–1969) Weight 93 kg | Listed weight 206 lb (93 kg) Height 2.01 m Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Role Basketball Player Position Small forward | |
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Born September 15, 1947 (age 76)
Merchantville, New Jersey ( 1947-09-15 ) High school Merchantville
(Merchantville, New Jersey) NBA draft 1969 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17th overall | ||
Robert Alexander Greacen (born September 15, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player.
He grew up in Merchantville, New Jersey, where he played high school basketball for Merchantville High School and helped lead Merchantville to the NJSIAA Group II state championship in 1965.
In Greacen's three varsity seasons with Rutgers University, he scored 1,154 points. As a sophomore in 1967 he teamed with fellow Rutgers Hall of Famers Bob Lloyd and Jim Valvano to lead the team to a 22-7 record and the first-ever post-season appearance in Rutgers' basketball history. The Scarlet Knights finished third in the 1967 NIT.
A 6'7" forward, Greacen was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the 1969 NBA draft and by the Miami Floridians in the 1969 ABA draft.
Greacen played two seasons (1969–1971) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks. He averaged 2.6 points per game in his career and was a member of the Bucks NBA championship team in 1971.
He later briefly played for the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association.
He was a history teacher at Parkland High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he retired in 2009.