Robert McCullough

Robert "Bob" McCullough is a former basketball player from New York. Bob was widely known as a streetball player at the Rucker Park.[1] Robert "Bob" McCullough and Fred Crawford started the Rucker Pro Tournament in Honor of mentor Holcombe Rucker.

For other people named Robert McCullough, see Robert McCullough (disambiguation).

Basketball

Bob attended Benedeict College in South Carolina with Ernie Morris.[2] In college, he averaged 36 points per game.[2] This made him the second biggest scorer in the nation.[2] He scored 2100 points in 3 years.[1] After this he was drafted by the NBA team Cincinnati Royals.[3]

After career

Bob later went on to earn further degrees and become a New York City guidance counselor and social worker.[4] He studied at Master of Science degree from Lehman College and studied additionally at New York University, Cornell University and Hunter College.[5] He serves as a staff member for Rucker Park.[6] He founded a program called Each One Teach One, which was honored by Charles Rangel.[7]

References
  1. "Influential Harlem Ballers | CREAM". cream-the-memoir.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. "Rucker 50 | SLAMonline". slamonline.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  3. "Holcombe Rucker Basketball Hall of Fame". espn.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. Anderson, L.; Millman, C. (1999). Pickup Artists: Street Basketball in America. Verso. p. 64. ISBN 9781859842430. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  5. "Benedict College Athletic Hall of Fame". benedict.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  6. "SPORTS OF THE TIMES - About Games and Life - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  7. "Congressional Record | Congress.gov | Library of Congress". congress.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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