Gus Gerard

Gus Gerard
Personal information
Born (1953-07-27) July 27, 1953
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Laurel Highlands
(Uniontown, Pennsylvania)
College Virginia (1972–1974)
NBA draft 1975 / Round: 3 / Pick: 50th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career 1974–1981
Position Small forward / Shooting guard
Number 12, 22
Career history
19741975 Spirits of St. Louis (ABA)
1975–1976 Denver Nuggets (ABA and NBA)
19761977 Buffalo Braves
19771978 Detroit Pistons
19781980 Kansas City Kings
1981 San Antonio Spurs
Career highlights and awards
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points 3,765 (8.4 ppg)
Rebounds 1,811 (4.1 rpg)
Assists 560 (1.3 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Gus Gerard (born July 27, 1953) is a retired American professional basketball player who played for the Carolina Cougars and Spirits of St. Louis of the American Basketball Association and the Denver Nuggets, Buffalo Braves, Detroit Pistons, Kansas City Kings and San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association.

Gerard played college basketball at the University of Virginia. He was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 3rd round (14th pick, 50th overall) of the 1975 NBA draft.[1]

Gerard was on the 1974–75 ABA All-Rookie First Team and made the 1976 ABA All Star Team.[1] He played in all 84 games of his rookie season.[1]

Gerard's best NBA season came in 1976–77 when he averaged 10 points a game for the Denver Nuggets.[1] Gerard finally retired the NBA after the 1980–81 season.[1]

Gerard's ABA and NBA careers were hampered by drug problems; after leaving professional basketball Gerard became a licensed chemical dependency counselor and was involved in a program called Bouncing Back, in which athletes like himself, former Spirits of St. Louis teammate Marvin Barnes and former NBA player Dirk Minniefield travel to schools and businesses, sharing their stories about addiction and recovery.[2][3]

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.