Richie Moore

{{short description|American professional basketball player (born 1945)}}

{{similar names|Richard Moore (disambiguation){{!}}Richard Moore}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Richie Moore

| image =

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| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1945}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| high_school = Bartram
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

| college =

• Villanova (1963–1964)
• Hiram Scott (1965–1967)

| draft_year = 1967

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 29

| draft_team = San Diego Rockets

| career_number = 30

| career_position = Shooting guard

| years1 = 1967

| team1 = Denver Rockets

| highlights =

}}

Richard L. Moore (born 1945) is an American former professional basketball player.{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mooreri01.html | title=Richie Moore ABA stats| publisher=Sports Reference LLC | website=Basketball Reference | accessdate=February 23, 2025}}

A 6'4" guard,{{cite news |title=Villanova Figures |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115263363/villanova-figures/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=26 November 1963 |page=45 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}{{cite news |title=Rockets open school for NBA cage squad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115262670/rockets-open-school-for-nba-cage-squad/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |work=Times-Advocate |date=19 June 1967 |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} he played college basketball for one season at Villanova{{cite news |author1=Jack Kiser |title=Richie Moore: A sharp 'cat with pause |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115204754/richie-moore-a-sharp-cat-with-pause/ |access-date= December 26, 2022 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=March 9, 1964 |pages=47, 54 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} before becoming academically ineligible and transferring to Hiram Scott College for his final two years.{{cite web | url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5488 | title=The Draft Review: Richie Moore | publisher=TheDraftReview | work= | accessdate=December 26, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Moore Hits 35 To Lead Scots |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/38569402 |access-date=December 27, 2022 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |date=January 8, 1967 |pages=26 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} During his senior season he averaged 38.8 points per game.{{cite news |title=Saints play Hiram Scott here tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115266786/saints-play-hiram-scott-here-tonight/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |work=The Independent-Record |date=12 December 1967 |page=1554 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} Following his college career, he worked out several times with the Philadelphia 76ers before signing with the San Diego Rockets in May 1967.{{cite news |title=Rockets sign Richie Moore |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115263299/rockets-sign-richie-moore/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |work=The Evening Sun |date=27 May 1967 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} After being released by San Diego in the fall, he signed with the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association.{{cite news |author1=Paul McCarthy |title=Oaks get two from San Diego |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115265817/oaks-get-two-from-san-diego/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=4 October 1967 |pages=41, 43}} He played for Denver during the 1967–68 season, where he averaged 3.8 and 1.1 rebounds points per game before being released in December 1967.{{cite news |title=Team hopes to shatter five-game loss string |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/105850451/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=18 December 1967 |page=33 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}

Moore has the distinction of being drafted by three different NBA teams in three consecutive years:{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/rich-moore-1.html | title=Rich Moore college stats| publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=sports-reference.com | accessdate=December 26, 2022}}

• 1965 – 5th round (5th pick, 43rd overall) by the Philadelphia 76ers
• 1966 – 10th round (1st pick, 85th overall) by the New York Knicks
• 1967 – 3rd round (10th pick, 29th overall) by the San Diego Rockets

He was also drafted by the Oakland Oaks in the inaugural 1967 American Basketball Association draft.