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Line 1: {{Short description\|American basketball player and coach}} {{Infobox NBA biography▼ {{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2024}} ▲{{Infobox ~~NBA~~basketball biography \| name = Ray Tolbert \| image = \| width = \| caption = \| position = [[Power forward (basketball)\|Power forward]]▼ \| height_ft = 6 \| height_in = 9 \| weight_lb = 225 \| number = 30, 33, 24, 18, 34, 44▼ \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1958\|09\|10}} \| birth_place = [[Anderson, Indiana]], U.S. \| high_school = ~~{{nowrap\|~~Madison Heights (Anderson, Indiana)}}▼ ~~\| nationality = American~~ ▲\| high_school = {{nowrap\|Madison Heights (Anderson, Indiana)}} \| college = [[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball\|Indiana]] (1977–1981) \| draft_year = 1981 Line 20 ⟶ 19: \| career_start = 1981 \| career_end = 1994 ▲\| ~~number~~ career_number = 30, 33, 24, 18, 34, 44 ▲\| ~~position~~ career_position = [[Power forward (basketball)\|Power forward]] \| years1 = {{nbay\|1981\|start}} \| team1 = [[New Jersey Nets]] Line 53 ⟶ 54: * [[List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions\|NCAA champion]] ([[1981 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament\|1981]]) * Fourth-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team\|''Parade'' All-American]] (1977) * [[McDonald's All-American]] (1977) ~~\| bbr = tolbera01~~ \| medal_templates = {{MedalCountry \| {{flagu\|United States}} }} Line 60 ⟶ 61: {{MedalGold \|[[1979 Pan American Games\|1979 San Juan]] \| [[Basketball at the 1979 Pan American Games\|Team competition]]}} }} '''Raymond Lee "Ray" Tolbert''' (born September 10, 1958) is a retired American professional [[basketball]] player who was selected by the [[New Jersey Nets]] in the first round (18th overall) of the [[1981 NBA draft]]. A {{Height\|ft=6\|in=9}} power forward from [[Indiana University (Bloomington)\|Indiana University]], Tolbert played in five NBA seasons for six different teams. He played for the Nets, [[Seattle SuperSonics]], [[Detroit Pistons]], [[New York Knicks]], [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and [[Atlanta Hawks]].▼ ▲'''~~Raymond~~Ray Lee ~~"Ray"~~ Tolbert''' (born September 10, 1958) is ~~a retired~~an American former professional [[basketball]] player who was selected by the [[New Jersey Nets]] in the first round (18th pick overall) of the [[1981 NBA draft]]. A {{Height\|ft=6\|in=9}} [[Power forward (basketball)\|power forward]] from [[Indiana University (Bloomington)\|Indiana University]], Tolbert played in five NBA seasons for six different teams. He played for the Nets, [[Seattle SuperSonics]], [[Detroit Pistons]], [[New York Knicks]], [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and [[Atlanta Hawks]]. During the senior year of his collegiate career in 1981, starters Tolbert, [[Landon Turner (basketball)\|Landon Turner]], [[Isiah Thomas]], [[Randy Wittman]], and [[Ted Kitchel]] led Indiana to its [[1980–81 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team\|fourth NCAA championship]] and Coach [[Bob Knight]]'s second. Tolbert attended [[Madison Heights High School]] in [[Anderson, Indiana]]. He was named to the inaugural [[McDonald's All-American]] team, which played in the 1977 [[Capital Classic (all-star game)\|Capital Classic]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Origin of the McDonalds All American Game\|date=February 26, 2003\|work=ESPN\|url=http://a.espncdn.com/ncb/mcdonaldsaa03/origin.html\|access-date=April 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Prep Al-America revealed\|date=March 20, 1977\|work=The Herald Journal\|page=14\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122188192/mcdonalds-all-american-high-school-bask/\|via=[[Newspapers.com]]\|access-date=April 3, 2023}}</ref> During the senior year of his collegiate career in 1981, starters Tolbert, [[Landon Turner (basketball)\|Landon Turner]], [[Isiah Thomas]], [[Randy Wittman]], and [[Ted Kitchel]] led Indiana to its [[1980–81 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team\|fourth NCAA championship]] and Coach [[Bob Knight]]'s second. In his NBA career, he played in 261 games and scored a total of 928 points. Line 74 ⟶ 76: ==External links== [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TOLBERA01 College & NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com~~{{Basketball-reference}}~~ {{basketballstats\|bbr=t/tolbera01}} {{United States Men Basketball Squad 1979 Pan American Games}} {{1981 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball navbox}} {{1981 NBA ~~Draft~~draft}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tolbert, Ray}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:Living people]] ~~[[Category:American Basketball Association (2000–present) coaches]]~~ [[Category:African-American basketball coaches]] [[Category:~~African-~~American ~~basketball~~Basketball ~~players~~Association (2000–present) coaches]] [[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Italy]] [[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Spain]] [[Category:~~Pan~~ American ~~Games~~men's ~~medalists~~basketball ~~in basketball~~players]]▼ [[Category:Atlanta Hawks players]] [[Category:Basketball players at the 1979 Pan American Games]] ~~[[Category:Basketball players at the 1981 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four]]~~ [[Category:Basketball players from Indiana]] [[Category:Bay State Bombardiers players]] Line 100 ⟶ 102: [[Category:Los Angeles Lakers players]] [[Category:McDonald's High School All-Americans]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games]] [[Category:New Jersey Nets draft picks]] [[Category:New Jersey Nets players]] [[Category:New York Knicks players]] [[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in basketball]] ▲[[Category:Pan American Games medalists in basketball]] [[Category:Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)]] [[Category:People from Fishers, Indiana]] [[Category:~~Power~~Sportspeople ~~forwards~~from ~~(basketball)~~Hamilton County, Indiana]] [[Category:Power forwards]] [[Category:Seattle SuperSonics players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Anderson, Indiana]] [[Category:Tampa Bay Thrillers players]] [[Category:21st-century African-American ~~men's basketball players~~sportsmen]] [[Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen]] [[Category:High school basketball coaches in Indiana]]