The New York Legend Knicks Dick Barnett passes

NBA Legend I Tennessee State University Alumnus Dick Barnett has passed away at 88. years, according to the report HBCU GAMEDAI .. Barnett was New York Knicks the star and two-way of the NBA champion.

Barnett accepted a basketball scholarship to Tennessee State University, and then known as Tennessee A & I, 1955. years. Under the leadership of coach John McLendon, help Tennessee, help in Tennessee, win three consecutive National Championships since 1957. until 1959. This was the first time that the first time he won any collegial sport.

His famous jumping jumper “Pad Baby” has become a standard move in a college basketball, and its spectacular game helped to deal tennessee called the household. His success in Tennessee’s state included three-way all-American and went out on a program that was a leading shooter who was all the time.

After graduating from Tennessee, the fourth as a whole in the NBA draft NBA was elected by the NBA national. Continued to play a significant role at 1970. and 1973 Championship teams in New York Kneaks. Both in the field and outside the court, Barnett personified what it meant that New York Knick, known for her courage and recording clutches. Knicks spoke of Barnett’s figure in the statement: “” he left a positive impact on all he had made, and this organization was amazing to be such an integral part of his history. “

The Madison Square Garden Rafters now showing the Barnett’s Br. 12 Jersey, but his influence went without basketball. After retirement, he returned to school and graduated from Fordham University with PhD. In education. His goal was to inspire the next generation by looking civil rights and education throughout life.

Tennessee’s state announced a statement of Barnett’s passage:

“The TSU family mourns one of its greatest legends. Dr. Barnett did not only bring the national recognition to our university with his incredible basketball achievements, but continued to abolish the TSU during his life as ambassador and advocacy.”

Against all obstacles, Barnett’s story is one of the successes, setting standards for the HBCU sports art who would come after him. Its influence will live in the history of Tennessee, as well as in greater narrative American athletics and social progress.