former NBA player Barry Kramer (the sixth overall pick of the San Francisco Warriors in the 1964 draft) died at age 82.
The 6’4″, 200-pound forward was a star at the high school and college level…earning top accolades in the country at Linton in Schenectady, New York. During his senior season, he was teammates with legendary NBA coach, player and executive Pat Riley.
Kramer thrived at NYU, where he scored a career-high 29.3 points per game during his junior season in 1963.
That year, he was named to the All-American team and won the Haggerty Award, given to the best college player in the New York metropolitan area.
Kramer went on to play in the NBA for the Warriors and the New York Knicks for a combined season…averaging less than four points per game.
He also played semi-pro basketball with the Schaefer Brewers… as well as the New Jersey Nets of the ABA in the 1969-70 season.
Kramer attended Albany Law School, graduating in 1968. He served as a judge in New York for decades; the governor. mario cuomo appointed him to a position on the Surrogate’s Court in his hometown, Schenectady, in 1993.
In 2009, he was elected a judge to the New York State Supreme Court in the state’s Fourth Judicial District.
