Richard Joseph Furey (March 8, 1925 – June 8, 1998) was an American professional

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player. He played in the National Basketball League for the

Anderson Duffey Packers The Anderson Packers, also known as the Anderson Duffey Packers and the Chief Anderson Meat Packers, were a professional basketball team based in Anderson, Indiana, in the 1940s and 1950s. The team was founded and owned by brothers Ike W. and Jo ...

(23 games), Flint Dow A.C.'s (one game), and

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(one game). For his career he averaged 2.4 points per game. Furey then coached football, basketball, and baseball at

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