Larry Friend (1994) - California Athletics Hall of Fame

Larry Friend

Induction:
1994
Class:
1957

Named to the Helms Athletic Foundation All-America team in 1957 … also all-conference and team MVP that year … averaged 18.9 points his senior year, leading the Bears to a 21-5 record and a NCAA tournament appearance … lettered three times from 1955-57 … finished his career with 1,061 points … Cal’s top scorer in both 1956 and ’57 … at the end of his collegiate career, had set Cal individual record for most field goals made in an NCAA tournament game (11), and most points in an NCAA tournament game (25) … taken in the second round of the 1957 NBA draft by the New York Knicks, playing for them for the 1957-58 season.