Robin Freeman (basketball)

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Robin Freeman
No. 24
Guard
Personal information
Born	April 8, 1934 Cincinnati, Ohio
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	Hughes (Cincinnati, Ohio)
College	Ohio State (1953–1956)
NBA draft	1956 / Round: -- / Pick: --
Selected by the St. Louis Hawks
Career highlights and awards
Consensus first team All-American (1956) Consensus second team All-American (1955) Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (Big Ten MVP) (1956)

Robin R. Freeman (born April 8, 1934) is a retired American basketball player who was a two-time All-American at Ohio State University.

Freeman, a 5'11 guard from Hughes High School in Cincinnati, set an Ohio state high school scoring mark of 39.5 points per game as a senior in 1951–52.^[1]

Robin Freeman played at OSU from 1953–56, has been called one of the most exciting players in Buckeye history. He broke out as a junior in 1954–55, scoring at a 31.5 point per game clip. His season was limited to just 13 games due to a variety of health issues, but Freeman was still named a Consensus second team All-American at the season's end. He picked up where he left off as a senior, averaging 32.9 points per contest (good for second in the nation behind Furman's Darrell Floyd^[2]). Freeman became Ohio State's first repeat All-American and the first player in Big Ten history to average 30+ points per game in back to back years.^[3] Freeman was also named Big Ten MVP by the Chicago Tribune.^[4]

Following the conclusion of his Ohio State career, Freeman was selected in the 1956 NBA Draft by the Saint Louis Hawks. However, he never played in the NBA, as he severed the tips of two fingers while chopping wood. He instead attended law school and practices law in Springfield, Ohio.^[5]

He is a member of the Ohio basketball Hall of Fame and the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame.

References

↑
↑ 2007-08 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book, p. 27
↑ Bjarkman, Peter C. (2000). The Biographical History of Basketball. Masters Press. ISBN 157028143 Check |isbn= value (help). p. 328
↑ 2009-10 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball media guide
↑ Porter, David L. (2005). Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 0-313-30952-3. p. 156

External links

Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame profile

v t e 1955 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team	Dick Garmaker Tom Gola Sihugo Green Dick Ricketts Bill Russell

Second Team	Darrell Floyd Robin Freeman Dickie Hemric Don Schlundt Ronnie Shavlik

v t e 1956 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team	Robin Freeman Sihugo Green Tom Heinsohn Bill Russell Ronnie Shavlik

Second Team	Bob Burrow Darrell Floyd Rod Hundley K. C. Jones Willie Naulls Bill Uhl

Persondata
Name	Freeman, Robin
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	April 8, 1934
Place of birth	Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of death
Place of death

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