Dick Danford
Dick Danford
Full Name:  Howard Richard Danford
     Born:  November 1, 1945, New Jersey
     Died:  May 7, 2019, Panama City, Fla.
   School:  Clearwater High School in Clearwater, Florida


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FSU Career
Basketball
Year  No  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
64-65 21  F-C     6-9  215  So       Clearwater                  
65-66 21  F-C     6-9  215  So-R *   Clearwater                  
66-67 32  F-C     6-9  215  Jr-R *   Clearwater                  
67-68 32  C       6-9  215  Sr-R *   Clearwater                  


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Dick Danford Obituary
Published in Panama City News Herald on May 7, 2019.

Dick Danford, 73 of Panama City Beach, died May 4, 2019. An event celebrating Dick's life will take place Saturday May 18, 2019 at the Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home. Time of the event will be announced later this week.

From wjhg.com

Basketball coach, teacher Dick Danford passes away
Posted on Sat 11:18 PM, May 04, 2019.

Dick Danford passed away early Saturday morning.

He spent most of his life teaching, on and off the court.

Danford played basketball at Florida State in the 60s. From there, he went into coaching, leading the Gulf Coast men's basketball team to 77 wins in four seasons from 1977-1981.

After leaving GCSC, Danford moved to Abilene, Texas to coach Hardin Simmons, winning 66 games (including some at the NCAA Division I level).

He spent his final working years as a shop teacher in Bay County schools.



FSU Statistics
Basketball
                                 --3 Point---                            ----REBOUNDS-----
Year  GP  GS  Min FGM  FGA  PCT  FGM FGA  PCT  FTM FTA  PCT  PTS  AVG    OFF DEF  TOT  AVG  PF DQ  AST   TO  BLK  STL
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
65-66 20   6       17   44 .386          .000   13  19 .684   47  2.4              58  2.9  26  0                    
66-67 26  26       94  182 .516          .000   51  84 .607  239  9.2             197  7.6 103 10                    
67-68 27           96  189 .508          .000   49  80 .613  241  8.9             222  8.2  86  5                    
      ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tot   73  32    0 207  415 .499    0   0 .000  113 183 .617  527  7.2      0   0  477  6.5 215 15    0    0    0    0
Basketball
Game Statistics
1965-66                                          3 Point                  --REBOUNDS--
Date  Opponent             GP  GS  Min FGM  FGA  FGM FGA  FTM FTA  PTS    OFF DEF  TOT  PF  AST   TO  BLK  STL
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dec  1 Lamar Tech           1            0    1             0   0    0               1   1                    
Dec  2 Valdosta State Coll  1            1    1             0   0    2               1   0                    
Dec  6 Tampa                1            1    3             3   5    5               4   0                    
Dec  8 Florida              1   f        1    1             0   0    2               1   1                    
Dec 16 North Carolina       1            2    3             4   5    8               6   1                    
Dec 18 Cal-Santa Barbara    1            1    3             0   0    2               1   2                    
Dec 20 Virginia Military    1   f        2    7             0   1    4               4   3                    
Dec 21 Auburn               1   f        1    3             0   2    2               3   2                    
Dec 27 Auburn               1   f        1    4             0   0    2               2   1                    
Jan  3 Georgia              1   f        1    5             0   0    2               5   4                    
Jan  7 Miami                1   f        0    0             0   0    0               0   0                    
Jan 10 Loyola-New Orleans   1            0    0             0   0    0               3   1                    
Jan 24 Jacksonville         1            1    1             0   0    2               2   1                    
Jan 28 Panama Nationals     1            1    1             0   0    2               4   1                    
Jan 31 Georgia Tech         1            0    1             0   0    0               0   1                    
Feb 10 Jacksonville         1            0    0             0   0    0               0   0                    
Feb 24 Florida Southern Col 1            3    5             2   2    8              11   1                    
Feb 26 Tampa                1            0    1             2   2    2               2   3                    
Feb 28 Miami                1            0    3             2   2    2               7   2                    
Mar  5 Georgia              1            1    1             0   0    2               1   1                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals                     20   6    0  17   44    0   0   13  19   47      0   0   58  26    0    0    0    0

1966-67                                          3 Point                  --REBOUNDS--
Date  Opponent             GP  GS  Min FGM  FGA  FGM FGA  FTM FTA  PTS    OFF DEF  TOT  PF  AST   TO  BLK  STL
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dec  1 Valdosta State Coll  1   c        2    6             2   7    6               9   0                    
Dec  5 Rice                 1   c        1    5             0   1    2               8   5                    
Dec  7 Florida              1   c        1    4             0   1    2               4   5                    
Dec  9 Kansas               1   c        0    1             0   0    0               1   5                    
Dec 10 Kansas State         1   c        2    7             2   3    6               4   3         1          
Dec 16 Richmond             1   c        3    5             1   2    7               3   4                    
Dec 17 Eastern Kentucky     1   c        2    2             1   1    5               2   4                    
Dec 19 Citadel              1   c        6   10             0   0   12              15   5                    
Dec 20 North Carolina       1   c        2   10             2   3    6               8   2                    
Dec 27 Auburn               1   c        0                  3   3    3                                        
Dec 28 Alabama              1   c        9                  5   6   23                   5                    
Jan  7 Miami                1   c        5    8             2   2   12               9   5                    
Jan 14 Tulane               1   c   30   7   11             1   2   15               6   4    0               
Jan 16 Memphis State        1   c        1    4             0   1    2               8   3                    
Jan 23 Jacksonville         1   c        1    4             1   3    3               5   4                    
Jan 25 Marshall             1   c        3    4             1   2    7              10   5                    
Jan 28 Georgia Tech         1   c        6   14             6   7   18              17   4                    
Jan 30 Tampa                1   c        7   14             4   7   18              19   5                    
Feb  4 Memphis State        1   c        2    5             0   2    4               5   1                    
Feb  8 Jacksonville         1   c        3    8             1   3    7               8   4    2    1          
Feb 11 Tulane               1   c       11   16             0   3   22              15   4                    
Feb 18 Florida Southern Col 1   c        5    5             3   4   13               6   4                    
Feb 22 Florida              1   c        1    4             2   2    4               3   5                    
Feb 25 Georgia Tech         1   c        9   15             8  12   26              12   4    2    5          
Feb 27 Tampa                1   c        0    2             1   1    1               3   5                    
Mar  1 Miami                1   c        5    6             5   6   15               3   4                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals                     26  26   30  94  170    0   0   51  84  239      0   0  183  99    4    7    0    0

1967-68                                          3 Point                  --REBOUNDS--
Date  Opponent             GP  GS  Min FGM  FGA  FGM FGA  FTM FTA  PTS    OFF DEF  TOT  PF  AST   TO  BLK  STL
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dec  2 Florida Presbyterian 1            4                  1        9                                        
Dec  4 Ohio State           1            1    3             1   2    3               8   4                    
Dec  7 Florida              1            1    9             1   1    3               5   4                    
Dec  9 Samford              1            2    8             1   1    5               7   3                    
Dec 15 Marquette            1            6   11             3   3   15              11   3                    
Dec 16 Louisiana State      1            8   16             4   6   20              18   4                    
Dec 20 Richmond             1            3    6             2   2    8               5   5                    
Dec 22 Rutgers              1            2    4             0   3    4               2   0                    
Dec 29 George Washington    1            4                  0   1    8                                        
Dec 30 Evansville           1            4                  1   1    9                                        
Jan  2 Citadel              1            9   10             1   2   19               6   3                    
Jan  6 Stetson              1            5   10             3   4   13               9   3                    
Jan 12 Miami                1            3   11             0   0    6               7   5                    
Jan 16 Jacksonville         1            7    9             7   9   21               9   4                    
Jan 20 Georgia Tech         1            2    5             1   3    5               9   3    3               
Jan 26 Hofstra              1            2    3             2   3    6               6   4                    
Jan 30 Valdosta State Coll  1            2    3             2   4    6               3   2                    
Feb  1 North Carolina       1       33   4   11             1   2    9               9   5    2    3          
Feb  3 East Carolina        1            8    9             0   2   16               9   4                    
Feb  7 Citadel              1            0    2             0   1    0               4   5                    
Feb 10 Florida Southern Col 1   f        4    8             5   6   13              14   4                    
Feb 16 Jacksonville         1            6    9             4   6   16              10   4                    
Feb 21 Florida              1            3    9             1   1    7               6   5    1               
Feb 24 Georgia Tech         1            2    7             2   3    6              12   2                    
Feb 29 Stetson              1            1    5             1   4    3               4   3                    
Mar  1 Miami                1            2    7             4   4    8               9   0                    
Mar  9 East Tennessee State 1            1    3             1   3    3               4   1                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals                     27   1   33  96  178    0   0   49  77  241      0   0  186  80    6    3    0    0