Dickie Hemric
Personal information | |
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Born | Jonesville, North Carolina, U.S. | August 29, 1933
Died | August 3, 2017 North Canton, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 83)
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Jonesville (Jonesville, North Carolina) |
College | Wake Forest (1951–1955) |
NBA draft | 1955: 2nd round, 10th overall pick |
Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
Playing career | 1955–1957 |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 20 |
Career history | |
1955–1957 | Boston Celtics |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career statistics | |
Points | 863 (6.3 ppg) |
Rebounds | 703 (5.1 rpg) |
Assists | 102 (0.7 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Ned Dixon "Dickie" Hemric (August 29, 1933 – August 3, 2017) was an American
).Hemric played the first two college years at Wake Forest when the school was a member of the Southern Conference. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Male Athlete of the Year was created at the start of the 1954 season, and he played his last two seasons in the ACC, setting conference records for scoring and rebounding that were untouched for the first 50 years of the conference's existence. He was honored as the second recipient of the ACC Athlete of the Year in 1955. In 2002 Hemric was selected to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team, honoring the 50 greatest players in ACC history.
Hemric's ACC scoring record of 2,587 points was untouched from 1956 until it was finally broken in 2006 by Duke University's JJ Redick and in 2009 by Tyler Hansbrough of the University of North Carolina.[1] Hemric held the NCAA record for free throws made in a career with 905 for 54 years until it was passed by Hansbrough.[2] Hemric still holds the Division I record for most free throw attempts (1,359) in a career.[3]
Hemric's ACC record of 1,802 career rebounds may never face a serious challenge - for four decades the nearest runner-up was his contemporary
Hemric died on August 3, 2017, at his home in North Canton, Ohio, nearly four weeks shy of his 84th birthday.[5]
Career statistics
GP | Games 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 |
† | Won an NBA championship |
NBA
Source[6]
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1955–56 | Boston | 71 | 18.7 | .403 | .648 | 5.6 | .8 | 7.0 |
1956–57† | Boston | 67 | 15.7 | .344 | .695 | 4.5 | .6 | 5.4 |
Career | 138 | 17.3 | .377 | .669 | 5.1 | .7 | 6.3 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1956 | Boston | 3 | 18.0 | .208 | .563 | 7.3 | .3 | 6.3 |
1957† | Boston | 2 | 9.5 | .143 | – | 4.5 | .5 | 1.0 |
Career | 5 | 14.6 | .194 | .563 | 6.2 | .4 | 4.2 |
See also
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career free throw scoring leaders
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career rebounding leaders
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds
References
- ^ Duke Blue Devils vs. Temple Owls - Recap - February 25, 2006 - ESPN
- ^ Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. North Carolina Tar Heels - Recap - February 28, 2009 - ESPN
- ^ 2011-12 NCAA Men's Basketball Records - Division I, p.3 – Individual Records & p.16 – All-Time Individual Leaders
- ^ 2011-12 NCAA Men's Basketball Records - Division I, p.17 – All-Time Individual Leaders
- ^ Dan Collins (August 3, 2017). "Wake Forest basketball scoring leader Dickie Hemric dies at 83". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 17 October 2023.