WildcatRick
06-19-2006, 01:48 PM
By Bill Bumgarner
Written for the LSWA
Rick Robey, today a 6-foot, 10-inch, 50-year-old who represents ReMax Real Estate, once represented the very epitome of athletic achievement.
Sports success came early and often for Robey, first as a New Orleanian who experienced a city basketball championship as a member of the Karr Junior High team and later as a starting All-State center at Brother Martin when the Crusaders were Class 4A state champions in 1974.
The trend continued unabated in college at the University of Kentucky where Robey played on a gold medal Pan American Games championship squad in addition to Wildcat teams that were kingpins of the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in 1976 and the NCAA Tournament when he was a senior in 1978. For good measure, his name resides on the roster of the Boston Celtics who were champions of the NBA, winning titles in 1981 and 1986.
Robey played professional basketball for eight seasons, including stints with the Indiana Pacers and the Phoenix Suns. He was the No. 3 pick in the 1978 draft.
Robey offers a succinct explanation for this wealth of winning.
"I was fortunate enough to always be surrounded by good players," Robey says.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060619/SPORTS/606190314/1006
Written for the LSWA
Rick Robey, today a 6-foot, 10-inch, 50-year-old who represents ReMax Real Estate, once represented the very epitome of athletic achievement.
Sports success came early and often for Robey, first as a New Orleanian who experienced a city basketball championship as a member of the Karr Junior High team and later as a starting All-State center at Brother Martin when the Crusaders were Class 4A state champions in 1974.
The trend continued unabated in college at the University of Kentucky where Robey played on a gold medal Pan American Games championship squad in addition to Wildcat teams that were kingpins of the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in 1976 and the NCAA Tournament when he was a senior in 1978. For good measure, his name resides on the roster of the Boston Celtics who were champions of the NBA, winning titles in 1981 and 1986.
Robey played professional basketball for eight seasons, including stints with the Indiana Pacers and the Phoenix Suns. He was the No. 3 pick in the 1978 draft.
Robey offers a succinct explanation for this wealth of winning.
"I was fortunate enough to always be surrounded by good players," Robey says.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060619/SPORTS/606190314/1006
