American basketball player

Richard L. Farley (April 13, 1932 – October 2, 1969) was an American professional basketball player.

A 6'4" (1.93 m) guard/forward from Winslow, Indiana, Farley played for the 1953 Indiana University national championship team. He also played three seasons (1954–1956; 1958–1959) in the National Basketball *ociation as a member of the Syracuse Nationals and Detroit Pistons. He averaged 6.5 points per game in his career and won a league *le with Syracuse in 1955.

Farley previously held the NBA record for the shortest amount of time on the floor before fouling out in a game, with five minutes' playing time, set on March 12, 1956. The record stood for 41 years until the Dallas Mavericks' Bubba Wells broke it by getting himself disqualified in just 3 minutes on December 29, 1997.

Farley died of cancer on October 2, 1969.

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External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com::and:Basketball-Reference.com
• Hoopedia biography
• Winslow High website page