Gus Gerard
Basketball Player
1953 –
Who is Gus Gerard?
Gus Gerard is a retired American professional basketball player who played for the Carolina Cougars and Spirits of St. Louis of the American Basketball Association and the Denver Nuggets, Buffalo Braves, Detroit Pistons, Kansas City Kings and San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association.
Gerard played college basketball at the University of Virginia. He was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 3rd round of the 1975 NBA Draft.
Gerard was on the 1974–75 ABA All-Rookie First Team and made the 1976 ABA All Star Team. He played in all 84 games of his rookie season.
Gerard's best NBA season came in 1976–77 when he averaged 10 points a game for the Denver Nuggets. Gerard finally retired the NBA after the 1980–81 season.
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.
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- Born
- Jul 27, 1953
Uniontown - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Virginia
- Lived in
- Uniontown
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on July 23, 2013
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