John Barber (basketball)

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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| name = John Barber

| image = John Barber 1953.jpg

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| caption = Barber, circa 1953

| position = Forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 210

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| number = 25

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1927|6|27}}

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| nationality = American

| high_school = Pruitt (Atlanta, Texas)

| college = Cal State LA (1952–1954)

| draft_year = 1956

| draft_round = 7

| draft_pick = 50

| draft_team = Minneapolis Lakers

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| years1 = 1957

| team1 = St. Louis Hawks

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John Barber (born June 27, 1927) is an American former professional basketball player. He played collegiately for California State University, Los Angeles and was selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1956 NBA draft. Barber played for the St. Louis Hawks in the NBA for five games during the 1956–57 season. He is the grandfather of Jason and Jeryl Sasser and the great-grandfather of Marcus Sasser, all of whom also played in the NBA.

Barber is also one of 36 American basketball players to ever score 100 or more points in a basketball game, and he is the only one to do it three times. Barber scored a career high and NCAA record 188 points vs. Chapman College in 1953. He also scored 150 points in an exhibition game vs LA Scribes magazine team, and 103 vs Los Angeles Community College.{{Cite web|url=https://nbahoopsonline.com/History/100pointgames.html|title = 100 point basketball games}}