Richard L. Moore (born 1945) is an American former professional basketball player.
A 6'4" guard, he played college basketball for one season at Villanova before becoming academically ineligible and transferring to Hiram Scott College for his final two years. During his senior season he averaged 38.8 points per game. Following his college career, he worked out several times with the Philadelphia 76ers before signing with the San Diego Rockets in May 1967. After being released by San Diego in the fall, he signed with the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association. He played for Denver during the 1967–68 season, where he averaged 3.8 and 1.1 rebounds points per game before being released in December 1967.
Moore has the distinction of being drafted by three different NBA teams in three consecutive years: 1965 – 5th round (5th pick, 43rd overall) by the Philadelphia 76ers 1966 – 10th round (1st pick, 85th overall) by the New York Knicks 1967 – 3rd round (10th pick, 29th overall) by the San Diego Rockets
He was also drafted by the Oakland Oaks in the inaugural 1967 American Basketball Association draft.
Career statistics
ABA Source
Regular season {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Denver | 18 || 11.7 || .338 || .000 || .750 || 1.1 || .4 || 3.8
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