Anthony Pullard

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Anthony Pullard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 244

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|6|23}}

| birth_place = DeQuincy, Louisiana, U.S.

| highschool = DeQuincy (DeQuincy, Louisiana)

| college = McNeese State (1985–1990)

| draft_year = 1990

| career_start = 1990

| career_end = 1998

| career_number = 23

| career_position = Power forward

| years1 = 1990–1991

| team1 = CAB Loja

| years2 = 1991–1992

| team2 = Leuven Bears

| years3 = 1992

| team3 = New Haven Skyhawks

| years4 = {{nbay|1992|full=y}}

| team4 = Milwaukee Bucks

| years5 = 1993

| team5 = Rockford Lightning

| years6 = 1993

| team6 = CB Girona

| years7 = 1994

| team7 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years8 = 1995

| team8 = Gigantes de Carolina

| years9 = 1995–1996

| team9 = Ovarense

| years10 = 1996–1997

| team10 = Deportivo Roca

| years11 = 1997

| team11 = Ortakoy S.K.

| years12 = 1997–1998

| team12 = Club Atlético Cordón

| highlights =

• Southland Player of the Year (1990)
• 3× First-team All-Southland (1988–1990)

}}

Anthony Quinn Pullard (born June 23, 1966) is an American retired professional basketball player born in DeQuincy, Louisiana. He was a {{convert|6|ft|10|in|cm|adj=on}}, {{convert|235|lb|kg}} forward and played collegiately at McNeese State University from 1985 to 1990. He also attended Odessa Junior College but did not play competitive basketball. He was named Sports Illustrated Player of the Week for March 5, 1990, after averaging 27.7 points and 13.3 rebounds in three wins, highlighted by a 35-point, 18-rebound performance in a 60–54 victory over North Texas on March 3, 1990.[https://archive.today/20121203022125/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1137084/index.htm March 5, 1990 Players Of The Week], SI Vault

Pullard signed with the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA but was waived in July 1990.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4D71631F93BA15754C0A966958260 July 28, 1990 Basketball Transactions], query.nytimes.com He signed with the Milwaukee Bucks in August, 1992,[https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19930107/1678843/detroit-clippers-find-game-has-a-lighter-side Detroit, Clippers Find Game Has A Lighter Side] and played 8 games with them in the 1992-93 season, averaging 2.1 points and 1.0 rebound per contest. He was waived in January, 1993. Days later, he was signed by the Rockford Lightning of the CBA.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DC173DF93AA35752C0A965958260 Continental Basketball Association Transactions], query.nytimes.com. Published January 9, 1993 According to the Canadian-based Latinbasket website, Pullard last played professionally in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, in 1999.[http://www.latinbasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=MEX&PlayerID=11894 LATINBASKET - Anthony Pullard Basketball Player Profile, career, stats, biography]