Terry Fair (basketball)
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Born | A.S. Ramat Hasharon | June 25, 1960
1992–1993 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
1993–1995 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
1995–1996 | Maccabi Jerusalem |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Terrell DeWayne Fair
Early life and college career
Fair attended Southwest Macon High School in Macon, Georgia, where he was named a consensus All-American as a senior after he led the Patriots to the 1979 national championship while averaging 21.1 points and 15.2 rebounds per game.[2]
Fair played four years of college basketball for the University of Georgia.[3] Fair, alongside Dominique Wilkins, LaVon Mercer, Derrick Floyd and Lamar Heard, helped lead the Bulldogs reach numerous firsts during their careers. Georgia earned its first postseason bid ever in 1981 with an invitation to the NIT. The Bulldogs returned to the NIT in 1982 and advanced to the semifinals at the Madison Square Garden.[2] The following season, he led Georgia to its first NCAA Tournament appearance and only Final Four in school history.[4] He scored a career-high 27 points in a win against St. John's in the Sweet 16. Fair averaged 12.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in four seasons.[5] Fair completed his career as the Bulldogs' all-time leader in steals (194) and games played (123) and also ranked No. 2 in rebounds (923), No. 4 in points (1,492) and No. 9 in assists (177). Fair still ranks No. 2 in rebounds, No. 10 in points and No. 6 in steals.[2] In 1983, Fair was a third-team All-SEC selection.[6]
College statistics
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1979–80 | Georgia | 27 | 35.0 | .544 | – | .712 | 10.0 | 1.2 | – | – | 13.6 | |
1980–81 | Georgia | 31 | 35.5 | .553 | – | .735 | 7.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.5 | |
1981–82 | Georgia | 31 | 27 | 28.5 | .509 | – | .616 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 8.8 |
1982–83 | Georgia | 34 | 33 | 30.6 | .534 | – | .663 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 13.6 |
Career | 123 | 32.3 | .536 | – | .682 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 12.1 |
Professional career; Israeli Basketball Premier League
Fair was selected in the fourth round of the 1983 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers but never played for the team.[4]
He played three seasons for Elitzur Netanya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League as a naturalized Israeli.[7] On March 27, 1986, Fair recorded a career-high 32 points in game 2 of the 1986 Israeli League Finals series, where they eventually lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv.[8] Fair finished his first season with Netanya averaging 15.9 points.
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Death
On January 30, 2020, Fair died of natural causes at age 59 in his hometown of Macon, Georgia.[4][10]
References
- ^ "Terrell "Terry" DeWayne Fair 1960 - 2020". lastingmemories.com. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Bulldog Great Terry Fair Passes Away". GeorgiaDogs.com. January 31, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ^ "Terry Fair College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ a b c "Terry Fair, who led Georgia's lone Final Four run, dies at 59". ESPN. Associated Press. January 31, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ^ 2018–19 Georgia Men's Basketball Media Guide, 2018, p. 201.
- ^ "עונת 1985/6 - אליצור נתניה - נוסטלגיה". NatanyaBasketball (in Hebrew). Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ^ "סדרת הגמר משחק מספר 2 - מכבי תל אביב - אליצור נתניה". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). March 27, 1986. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ^ "מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל - טרי פייר". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ^ Associated Press (January 31, 2020). "Former Georgia basketball star Terry Fair dies at 59". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 10, 2020.