Bob Ferry

Robert Dean Ferry (born May 31, 1937) is an American retired basketball player and executive.

Bob Ferry

Ferry as a senior at Saint Louis
Personal information
Born	(1937-05-31) May 31, 1937 St. Louis, Missouri
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Cleveland (St. Louis, Missouri)
College	Saint Louis (1956–1959)
NBA draft	1959 / Pick: Territorial
Selected by the St. Louis Hawks
Playing career	1959–1968
Position	Power forward / Center
Number	20, 16, 22
Career history
1959–1960	St. Louis Hawks
1960–1964	Detroit Pistons
1964–1968	Baltimore Bullets
Career highlights and awards
As player: First-team All-American – USBWA (1959) Second-team All-American – NEA (1959) Third-team All-American – AP, NABC, UPI (1959) First-team All-MVC (1959) No. 43 jersey retired by Saint Louis Billikens As executive: NBA champion (1978) 2× NBA Executive of the Year (1979, 1982)
Career NBA statistics
Points	5,780 (9.1 ppg)
Rebounds	3,343 (5.3 rpg)
Assists	906 (1.4 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

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 an NBA Championship in 1978 and 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.[1]

Ferry's son Danny had a thirteen-year NBA playing career and later was general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks.