Bob Verga

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

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{{Infobox NBA biography

| name = Bob Verga

| image = 1965 South Carolina at Duke, Bob Verga drives.jpg

| width =

| caption = Verga with Duke in 1964

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|09|07}}

| birth_place = Neptune Township, New Jersey, U.S.

| high_school = St. Rose (Belmar, New Jersey)

| college = Duke (1964–1967)

| draft_year = 1967

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 25

| draft_team = St. Louis Hawks

| career_start = 1967

| career_end = 1977

| career_position = Point guard

| career_number = 11, 27, 22, 20, 17

| years1 = {{abay|1967|full=y}}

| team1 = Dallas Chaparrals

| years2 = {{abay|1968|start}}

| team2 = Denver Rockets

| years3 = {{abay|1968|full=y}}

| team3 = New York Nets

| years4 = {{abay|1968|end}}

| team4 = Houston Mavericks

| years5 = {{abay|1969|start}}–{{abay|1971|start}}

| team5 = Carolina Cougars

| years6 = {{abay|1971|full=y}}

| team6 = Pittsburgh Condors

| years7 = {{nbay|1973|full=y}}

| team7 = Portland Trail Blazers

| years8 = 1976–1977

| team8 = Jersey Shore Bullets

| highlights =

• 2× ABA All-Star (1968, 1970)
• All-ABA First Team (1970)
• Consensus first-team All-American (1967)
• Consensus second-team All-American (1966)
• 3× First-team All-ACC (1965–1967)

|stats_league=ABA and NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 6,918 (20.2 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 1,336 (3.9 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 1,004 (2.9 apg)

| bbr = vergabo01

}}

Robert Bruce Verga (born September 7, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player, who played in the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 to 1974. He was a {{convert|6|ft|1|in|abbr=on}} guard and played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. He was a two-time ABA All-Star, in 1968 and 1970.

Verga owns the Duke men's basketball record for points per game (26.7) in a single season, which he achieved in 1967.[http://www.dukeupdate.com/Records/single_season_points_per_game.htm Single Season Points Per Game (Through 2004-05 Season)], dukeupdate.com; retrieved April 24, 2007

Verga was drafted by the NBA's St. Louis Hawks in the third round of the 1967 NBA draft and by the Kentucky Colonels in the 1967 ABA Draft. Verga opted to play in the ABA and averaged 23.7 points per game in his rookie season for the Dallas Chaparrals. Verga averaged 18.8 points per game in his second ABA season, with the Houston Mavericks. Verga played the next two seasons with the Carolina Cougars, averaging 27.5 points per game during the 1969–70 season and 18.8 the following season. After averaging 17.5 points per game for the Pittsburgh Condors in the 1971–72 season Verga finished his career with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers in the 1973–74 season.{{Cite web |url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=VERGABO01 |title=BasketballReference.com Bob Verga page |access-date=April 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410053420/http://basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=VERGABO01 |archive-date=April 10, 2007 |url-status=dead }}