"They Hunger for Success" https://www.si.com/vault/1977/02/28/560840/they-hunger-for-success by J.D. Reed, Sports Illustrated (February 28, 1977).
Bob Ferry: 1 quote0 likes
Robert Dean Ferry is an American retired basketball player and executive.
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.Ferry's son Danny had a thirteen-year NBA playing career and later was general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks. Wikipedia
"They Hunger for Success" https://www.si.com/vault/1977/02/28/560840/they-hunger-for-success by J.D. Reed, Sports Illustrated (February 28, 1977).
