Robert ‘Bob’ McCullough is a former basketball player from New York. He was widely known as a streetball player at

Rucker Park Greg Marius Court at Holcombe Rucker Park is a basketball court at the border of Harlem and the Coogan's Bluff section of Washington Heights neighborhoods of Manhattan, at 155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, just east of the forme ...

. McCullough and Fred Crawford started the Rucker Pro Tournament in honor of mentor

Holcombe Rucker Holcombe Rucker (March 2, 1926 – March 20, 1965) was a playground director in Harlem for the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation from 1948 to 1964. He founded the New York City pro-am basketball tournament, that still bears his name ...

Basketball

McCullough attended

Benedict College Benedict College is a private historically black college in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1870 by northern Baptists, it was originally a teachers' college. It has since expanded to offer majors in many disciplines across ...

in South Carolina with Ernie Morris. In college, he averaged 36 points per game. This made him the second-highest scorer in the nation. He scored 2100 points in 3 years. In the

1965 NBA draft The 1965 NBA draft was the 19th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 6, 1965, before the 1965–66 season. In this draft, nine NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball player ...

, the Cincinnati Royals took him in the 12th round (91st overall). He was cut to make room for

Oscar Robertson Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), nicknamed "the Big O", is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Robertson played ...

Post-basketball career

McCullough later went on to earn further degrees and become a New York City guidance counselor and social worker. He studied for a Master of Science degree from Lehman College and studied additionally at New York University, Cornell University, and Hunter College. He serves as a staff member for

. He founded a program called Each One Teach One, which was honored by

Charles Rangel Charles Bernard Rangel ( ; June 11, 1930 – May 26, 2025) was an American politician who served as United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for districts in New York City for 46 years. A member of the Democratic Party (Unite ...

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