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Richard Washington
No. 31
Power forward / Center
Personal information
Born	(1955-07-15) July 15, 1955 (age 56) Portland, Oregon
Nationality	American
High school	Benson Polytechnic (Portland, Oregon)
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College	UCLA (1973–1976)
NBA Draft	1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Kansas City Kings
Pro career	1976–1982
Career history
1976–1979	Kansas City Kings
1979–1980	Milwaukee Bucks
1980	Dallas Mavericks
1980–1982	Cleveland Cavaliers
Career highlights and awards
NCAA Champion (1975) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1975) Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1976)
Career NBA statistics
Points	3,456 (9.8 ppg)
Rebounds	2,204 (6.3 rpg)
Assists	409 (1.2 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Richard Lee Washington (born July 15, 1955 in Portland, Oregon) is a retired American professional basketball player.

A 6'11" center, Washington played high school ball at Benson Tech in Portland, Oregon before starring at UCLA in the 1970s, where he was named NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player following UCLA's 1975 championship. He played six professional seasons in the NBA as a member of the Kansas City Kings, Milwaukee Bucks, Dallas Mavericks and Cleveland Cavaliers. In his NBA career, he scored 3,456 points and grabbed 2,204 rebounds.

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v t e UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball 1974–75 NCAA Champions

22 Raymond Townsend 25 Pete Trgovich 31 Richard Washington (MOP) 32 Brett Vroman 34 Dave Meyers 35 Ralph Drollinger 45 Andre McCarter 54 Marques Johnson Head Coach John Wooden Assistant Coach: Gary Cunningham

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player

1939: Hull
1940: Huffman
1941: Kotz
1942: Dallmar
1943: Sailors
1944: Ferrin
1945: Kurland
1946: Kurland
1947: Kaftan
1948: Groza
1949: Groza
1950: Dambrot
1951: Spivey
1952: Lovellette
1953: Born
1954: Gola
1955: Russell
1956: Lear
1957: Chamberlain
1958: Baylor
1959: West
1960: Lucas
1961: Lucas
1962: Hogue
1963: Heyman
1964: Hazzard
1965: Bradley
1966: Chambers
1967: Alcindor
1968: Alcindor
1969: Alcindor
1970: Wicks
1971: Porter *
1972: Walton
1973: Walton
1974: Thompson
1975: Washington
1976: Benson
1977: Lee
1978: Givens
1979: Johnson
1980: Griffith
1981: Thomas
1982: Worthy
1983: Olajuwon
1984: Ewing
1985: Pinckney
1986: Ellison
1987: Smart
1988: Manning
1989: Rice
1990: Hunt
1991: Laettner
1992: Hurley
1993: Williams
1994: Williamson
1995: O'Bannon
1996: Delk
1997: Simon
1998: Sheppard
1999: Hamilton
2000: Cleaves
2001: Battier
2002: Dixon
2003: Anthony
2004: Okafor
2005: May
2006: Noah
2007: Brewer
2008: Chalmers
2009: Ellington
2010: Singler
2011: Walker
2012: Davis

*Ruled ineligible after tournament

v t e 1976 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team	Kent Benson Adrian Dantley John Lucas Scott May Richard Washington

Second Team	Phil Ford Bernard King Mitch Kupchak Phil Sellers Earl Tatum

v t e 1976 NBA Draft

First round	John Lucas Scott May Richard Washington Leon Douglas Wally Walker Adrian Dantley Quinn Buckner Robert Parish Armond Hill Ron Lee Bob Wilkerson Terry Furlow Mitch Kupchak Larry Wright Chuckie Williams Norm Cook Sonny Parker

Second round	Willie Smith Bayard Forrest Major Jones Earl Tatum Johnny Davis Alex English Scott Lloyd Lonnie Shelton Jacky Dorsey Phil Hicks Bob Carrington Dennis Johnson Al Fleming Joe Pace Mo Howard Butch Feher Marshall Rogers

Persondata
Name	Washington, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	July 15, 1955
Place of birth	Portland, Oregon
Date of death
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