Robert ‘Bob’ McCullough is a former basketball player from New York. He was widely known as a streetball player at Rucker Park.[1] McCullough and Fred Crawford started the Rucker Pro Tournament in honor of mentor Holcombe Rucker.[2][3]

Basketball

McCullough attended Benedict College in South Carolina with Ernie Morris.[4] In college, he averaged 36 points per game.[4] This made him the second-highest scorer in the nation.[4] He scored 2100 points in 3 years.[1]

In the 1965 NBA draft, the Cincinnati Royals took him in the 12th round (91st overall).[5] He was cut to make room for Oscar Robertson.[6]

Post-basketball career

McCullough later went on to earn further degrees and become a New York City guidance counselor and social worker.[7] He studied for a Master of Science degree from Lehman College and studied additionally at New York University, Cornell University, and Hunter College.[8] He serves as a staff member for Rucker Park.[9] He founded a program called Each One Teach One, which was honored by Charles Rangel.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Influential Harlem Ballers | CREAM". cream-the-memoir.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. ↑ Harvin, Al (1976-07-18). "Decay Is Consuming a Park in Harlem Where Basketball Stars‐to‐Be Played". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Cooper, Andy. "The Holcombe Rucker Story". Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Rucker 50 | SLAMonline". slamonline.com. July 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  5. ↑ "Robert McCullough". The Draft Review. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Holcombe Rucker Basketball Hall of Fame". espn.com. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  7. ↑ Anderson, L.; Millman, C. (1999). Pickup Artists: Street Basketball in America. Verso. p. 64. ISBN 9781859842430. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  8. ↑ "Bob McCullough (2004) - Hall of Fame". Benedict College Athletics. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Vecsey, George (10 August 1983). "SPORTS OF THE TIMES - About Games and Life - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  10. ↑ "Congressional Record | Congress.gov | Library of Congress". congress.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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