Gus Gerard

Personal information
Born	(1953-07-27) July 27, 1953 (age 70) Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	Laurel Highlands (Uniontown, Pennsylvania)
College	Virginia (1972–1974)
NBA draft	1975: 3rd round, 50th overall pick
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career	1974–1981
Position	Small forward
Number	12, 22
Career history
1974– 1975	Spirits of St. Louis
1975– 1976	Denver Nuggets
1976– 1977	Buffalo Braves
1977– 1978	Detroit Pistons
1978– 1980	Kansas City Kings
1981	San Antonio Spurs
Career highlights and awards
ABA All-Star ( 1976) ABA All-Rookie First Team ( 1975) Second-team All-ACC (1974)
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points	3,765 (8.4 ppg)
Rebounds	1,811 (4.1 rpg)
Assists	560 (1.3 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Representing  United States Men's basketball FIBA World Championship 1974 Puerto Rico Team competition

Daniel James "Gus" Gerard (born July 27, 1953) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for the Carolina Cougars and Spirits of St. Louis and Denver Nuggets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the Denver Nuggets, Buffalo Braves, Detroit Pistons, Kansas City Kings and San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Career

College

Gerard played college basketball at the University of Virginia.

NBA

Gerard was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the third round (14th pick, 50th overall) of the 1975 NBA draft. ^[1] He was on the 1974–75 ABA All-Rookie First Team and made the 1976 ABA All Star Team. ^[1] He played in all 84 games of his rookie season. ^[1]

Gerard's best NBA season came in 1976–77 when he averaged 10 points a game for the Denver Nuggets. ^[1] He finally retired the NBA after the 1980–81 season. ^[1]

Gerard's ABA and NBA careers were hampered by drug problems; after leaving professional basketball Gerard became a licensed chemical dependency counselor and was involved in a program called Bouncing Back, in which athletes like himself, former Spirits of St. Louis teammate Marvin Barnes and former NBA player Dirk Minniefield travel to schools and businesses, sharing their stories about addiction and recovery. ^{[2] [3]}

References

External links

• Basketball-Reference.com page on Gus Gerard