{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Bob Riedy | image = 1965 Virginia at Duke, Bob Riedy tip-in.jpg | caption = Riedy playing for Duke University in 1965 | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 215 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|8|26}} | birth_place = Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | nationality = American | highschool = Dieruff (Allentown, Pennsylvania) | college = Duke (1964–1967) | draft_year = 1967 | draft_round = 6 | draft_pick = 56 | draft_team = Baltimore Bullets | career_start = 1967 | career_end = 1970 | career_number = 15 | career_position = Center | years1 = 1967–1968 | team1 = Houston Mavericks | years2 = 1967–1970 | team2 = Allentown Jets | highlights = * EPBL champion (1968) }} '''Robert F. Riedy''' (born August 26, 1945) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils.
==Early life and education== Riedy was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on August 26, 1945. He attended Dieruff High School in Allentown, where he played high school basketball. He then played college basketball at Duke University.<ref name="basketballreference.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RIEDYBO01 |title=Bob Riedy Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards |access-date=October 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127200557/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RIEDYBO01 |archive-date=November 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="basketball-reference.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/riedybo01.html |title = Bob Riedy Stats}}</ref>
==Career== ===National Basketball Association=== Riedy was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the sixth round of the 1967 NBA draft (56th overall pick)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dukereport.com/history.php |title=Sample SimplePie Page |accessdate=October 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019155508/http://www.dukereport.com/history.php |archivedate=October 19, 2008 }}</ref> but played professionally for the other team that drafted him that year, the Houston Mavericks of the American Basketball Association prior to the ABA–NBA merger.<ref name="basketballreference.com"/><ref name="basketball-reference.com"/> Riedy played for the Allentown Jets of the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) from 1967 to 1970.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Riedy minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-riedybob001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref> He won an EPBL championship with the Jets in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=1967-68 Allentown Jets Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAALJ/y-1967 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref>
===Post-NBA career=== Following his NBA career, Riedy held the position of Director of PolyGram Records distribution center in Sun Valley, California. During this period of time, he supported the receipt, warehousing, and distribution for ''Saturday Night Fever'' and other lines as the Deutsche Grammophon classical catalog.
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== External links == *[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/riedybo01.html Bob Riedy page at Basketball-Reference.com]
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