Don Michael Farmer (born September 26, 1936) is a retired American

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player and coach. A 6'7" forward, he was selected with the third pick in the

1958 NBA draft The 1958 NBA draft was the 12th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 22, 1958, before the 1958–59 season. In this draft, eight NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball play ...

by the New York Knicks after a college career at the

University of San Francisco The University of San Francisco (USF) is a private Jesuit university in San Francisco, California. The university's main campus is located on a setting between the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park. The main campus is nicknamed "The Hil ...

. Farmer played in the

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(NBA) for a total of seven seasons with New York, the

Cincinnati Royals The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the oldest ...

, and the

St. Louis Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at ...

. In 1966, he coached nine games for the Baltimore Bullets.

References

External links

BasketballReference.com: Mike Farmer (as player)

1936 births Living people All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) head coaches Basketball coaches from Oklahoma Basketball players from Oklahoma Cincinnati Royals players New York Knicks draft picks New York Knicks players Richmond High School (Richmond, California) alumni San Francisco Dons men's basketball players San Francisco Saints players Small forwards Sportspeople from Oklahoma City St. Louis Hawks players {{1930s-US-basketball-bio-stub