Robert Alan Ford (born January 26, 1950) is a retired American basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player in the ABA. He played college basketball at Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

 before playing briefly for the Memphis Tams

Memphis Tams

The Memphis Tams were an American Basketball Association team during the 1972-1973 and 1973-1974 seasons. The team had previously been the New Orleans Buccaneers for three seasons before moving to Memphis, Tennessee where it became the Memphis Pros from 1970 through 1972. The team later became...

in the 1972-73 season, averaging 1.6 points and 1.3 rebounds in nine games played. Currently, Bob Ford is a full time telecaster for Purdue Boilermaker men's basketball games.

External links

• ABA statistics