Gary Freeman (basketball)

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Gary Freeman

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| number = 21, 17, 23

| position = Power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 210

| league =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|07|25}}

| birth_place = Boise, Idaho

| nationality = American

| high_school = Borah (Boise, Idaho)

| college = Oregon State (1967–1970)

| draft_year = 1970

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 16

| draft_team = Milwaukee Bucks

| career_start = 1970

| career_end = 1980

| years1 = {{nbay|1970|full=y}}

| team1 = Milwaukee Bucks

| years2 = {{nbay|1970|end}}

| team2 = Cleveland Cavaliers

| years3 = 1973–1975

| team3 = The Lions Zandvoort

| years4 = 1975–1978

| team4 = Flamingo's Haarlem

| years5 = 1978–1979

| team5 = Rotterdam-Zuid

| years6 = 1979–1981

| team6 = Liège

| highlights = *4× First-team All-Eredivisie (1974–1976, 1978)

• Second-team All-Pac-8 (1969)

| bbr = freemga01

}}

Gary C. Freeman (born July 25, 1948) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player from 1970 to 1971. He played in college for Oregon State University and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round (16th overall) of the 1970 NBA draft and by the Carolina Cougars in the 1970 ABA Draft.{{cite web |title=Gary Freeman NBA stats|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/freemga01.html |website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=17 November 2024}}

Freeman played in 41 games for the Milwaukee Bucks and 11 games for the Cleveland Cavaliers.