Scooter Barry

Richard Francis "Scooter" Barry IV (born August 13, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player.^[1]

Scooter Barry

Personal information
Born	(1966-08-13) August 13, 1966 (age 58) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school	De La Salle (Concord, California)
College	Kansas (1985–1989)
NBA draft	1989: undrafted
Playing career	1989–2006
Position	Guard
Career history
1989–1990	San Jose Jammers
1990	Erie Wave
1990	Nashville Stars
1990–1991	San Jose Jammers
1991–1992	SG Braunschweig
1992	Tau Cerámica
1992	Wichita Falls Texans
1993–1994	Fort Wayne Fury
1994–1995	Yakima Sun Kings
1995	South East Melbourne Magic
1995–1996	Hertener Löwen
1996–1998	SG Braunschweig
1998–2000	Gießen 46ers
2000–2001	Media Broker Messina
2001	FC Mulhouse Basket
2001–2003	Cholet Basket
2003–2004	Spirou Charleroi
2004–2005	Tenerife
2005–2006	Baloncesto León
Career highlights
Belgian League champion (2004) CBA champion (1995) NCAA champion (1988)

His nickname "Scooter" was given to him shortly after he was born in San Francisco. The son of NBA Hall of Fame member Rick Barry, he has three younger brothers Jon, Brent and Drew, who also share his profession. He has a sister, Shannon. The basketball Barry family^[2] shares an NCAA Championship, an NBA Slam Dunk Championship and three NBA Championship titles between them. He has a half brother, Canyon Barry, who played at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina (then for University of Florida in Gainesville as a graduate transfer) and whose mother, Lynn Barry, was also a distinguished basketball player at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Barry played college basketball at Kansas in Lawrence and was a junior on the 1987–88 Jayhawks team which won the NCAA title. He played a vital part in the team's championship run, scoring a career-high 15 points in the Jayhawks' 71–58 win over Kansas State, sending them to the Final Four.^[3] He then played for 17 years professionally in the United States and overseas in Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, and Australia. He won a CBA title in 1995, a Belgian League title in 2004 and reached the NBL finals in 1995.

Barry has two children from his first marriage, Lauren (2003) and Grant (2006). As of March 2020, he is married to Ruby Palmore, and they live in the Bay Area.^{[citation needed]}