Barry Kramer

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Barry Kramer
1963 NYU v Duke, Art Heyman and Barry Kramer.jpg
Kramer (right) shaking hands with fellow first-team All-American Art Heyman after Duke defeated NYU 81–76 in the 1963 NCAA tournament
Personal information
Born (1942-11-10) November 10, 1942 (age 81)
Schenectady, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Linton (Schenectady, New York)
College NYU (1961–1964)
NBA draft 1964: 1st round, 6th overall pick
Selected by the San Francisco Warriors
Playing career1964–1970
Position Small forward
Number34, 21, 15
Career history
1964–1965 San Francisco Warriors
1965 New York Knicks
1969–1970 New York Nets
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Barry D. Kramer (born November 10, 1942) [1] is an American retired professional basketball player, a retired jurist, and an attorney. Kramer is known for being a Parade All-American basketball player for Linton High School in Schenectady, New York and for being an All-American collegiate basketball player for New York University. Following his playing career, he served as a trial court judge in the New York state court system.

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Basketball career

A 6'4" (1.93 m), 200-pound guard–forward, Kramer played for Linton High School in Schenectady, New York. [1] [2] Future NBA basketball player and coach Pat Riley was a freshman at Linton when Kramer was a senior. [3] Kramer won two Section II championships at Linton and was named a first-team Parade All-American in 1960. [2] [4] He was later inducted into the Schenectady School District Hall of Fame. [2] [5]

After graduating from Linton in 1960, [2] Kramer attended New York University (NYU). Kramer was named a consensus first-team All-American as a junior in 1963. [6] That year, Kramer was the second-leading scorer in college basketball, averaging 29.3 points per game; [7] he also received the Haggerty Award as the best college basketball player in the New York City metropolitan area. [8] Kramer played in the 1963 NCAA tournament and the 1964 NIT with NYU. [2] As a senior in the 1963–64 season, Kramer was named a third-team All-American by both the Associated Press and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. [9] [10] He was later named to the NYU Athletic Hall of Fame. [2]

Kramer was selected by the San Francisco Warriors with the sixth pick in the 1964 NBA draft. He played one season in the NBA, a portion of which he spent playing for the Warriors and a portion of which he spent playing for the New York Knicks. Kramer averaged 3.6 points per game that season. Kramer later played in the rival American Basketball Association with the New York Nets in the 1969–1970 season. [2] [1]

In 2009, Kramer was selected by the Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame as the premier area basketball player over the past 50 years. [2] He was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. [11] [12]

Kramer became an attorney [13] after graduating from Albany Law School in 1968; [2] he finished second in his class. [7] He was appointed to a Surrogate Court judgeship in Schenectady, New York by Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1993, was elected to the post later that year, and was re-elected in 2003. [14] In November 2009, Kramer was elected as a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court–a trial-level court–in New York's Fourth Judicial District. [14] After reaching the mandatory retirement age for New York judges in 2012, Kramer continued to serve on the court through a certification process available to retired judges. [15] [16] Kramer joined the law firm of McNamee Lochner P.C. in 2019. [17]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

NBA/ABA

Source [1]

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGPPG
1964–65 San Francisco 3308.4.360.6821.8.83.1
1964–65 N.Y. Knicks 19012.2.314.7502.2.84.4
1969–70 N.Y. Nets (ABA)78.0.323.000.8751.9.43.9
Career (NBA)5209.8.339.7141.9.83.6
Career (overall)5909.5.336.000.7281.9.73.6

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame: Ex-Linton star Kramer No. 1 player over last 50 years". The Daily Gazette . June 29, 2009.
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  6. ↑ "The Village People". nysportsday.com. April 16, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Four vie in largest judicial district". TimesUnion.com. October 28, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Seton Hall basketball: Myles Powell wins Haggerty Award as metro area's top player". Asbury Park Press.
  9. ↑ "Bradds, Nash, Hazzard, Stallworth, Bradley on AP All America". The Berkshire Eagle . March 4, 1964. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2019– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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  11. ↑ "Schwartz: National Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame Welcomes Its 2014 Class". CBS New York. September 12, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  12. ↑ "National Jewish HOF holds induction ceremony". Newsday.com. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Abba of Schenectady Recruited For N.Y. U. by Kramer, Ex‐Star". The New York Times. November 22, 1970.
  14. 1 2 "Sch'dy judge 1 of 2 to win Supreme Court jobs". The Daily Gazette. November 5, 2009.
  15. ↑ "3 district judges reach age to retire". The Daily Gazette. January 10, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Portraits of judges Reilly, Kramer unveiled". The Daily Gazette. April 10, 2013.
  17. ↑ Kane, Patricia (January 4, 2019). "Retired Justice Barry Kramer Joins McNamee Lochner". New York Law Journal.
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