Draft:Richard Andrew Garibaldi

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Richard Andrew Garibaldi (December 13, 1932 – May 10, 2022) was an American collegiate basketball player and Head Coach at Santa Clara University. He began his playing career at Santa Clara in 1951 and, as a freshman, made the winning basket in the 1952 NCAA Western Regional Final against Wyoming in Corvallis, Oregon sending the Broncos to the Final Four. This tournament was the first to have a true "Final Four" format, with the winners at four regional sites advancing to the final site. It was also the first to have regional television coverage.

Biography

Dick was born in 1932, in Stockton, California. His brother, Bob Garibaldi, was the Most Outstanding Player for the 1962 College World Series. A 1951 graduate from Stockton High School, Dick was selected as a First Team All-American Halfback in 1950 on "The Sporting News" annual team.

teams of John Wooden. Some 30 years later, in an interview with Los Angeles Times writer J.A. Adande on March 19, 1998, Garibaldi said "You want to play the best team, but unfortunately you had to play them in the Western Regional all the time. It would have been nice not to have to play UCLA every year". Adding insult to injury, when Santa Clara played UCLA in the 1969 Western Regional, the game was played on the Bruins home court - Pauley Pavilion.

In spite of difficult matchups, ranked 3rd in the Final AP Poll in 1969. And were led by future NBA players

Garibaldi retired from coaching after the 1970 season. In 1969 Dick was inducted into Santa Clara Athletics Hall of Fame. In 1973 Garibaldi was inducted into the Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame.

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