Barry Kramer

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::summary American basketball player and jurist (1942–2025) ::

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Field	Value
name	Barry Kramer
image	1963 NYU v Duke, Art Heyman and Barry Kramer.jpg
caption	Kramer (right) shaking hands with fellow first-team All-American Art Heyman after Duke defeated NYU 81–76 in the 1963 NCAA tournament
height_ft	6
height_in	4
weight_lb	200
birth_date
birth_place	Schenectady, New York, U.S.
death_date
high_school	Linton (Schenectady, New York)
college	NYU (1961–1964)
draft_year	1964
draft_round	1
draft_pick	6
draft_team	San Francisco Warriors
career_start	1964
career_end	1970
career_number	34, 21, 15
career_position	Small forward
years1
team1	San Francisco Warriors
years2
team2	New York Knicks
years4	1969–1970
team4	New York Nets
highlights	* Haggerty Award winner (1963)
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• Consensus first-team All-American (1963)
• Third-team All-American – AP, NABC (1964)
• First-team Parade All-American (1960)

Barry D. Kramer (November 10, 1942 – January 4, 2025) was an American professional basketball player, jurist and attorney. Kramer was named a first-team Parade All-American basketball player for Linton High School in Schenectady, New York, and a consensus first-team All-American playing collegiately for the NYU Violets. Following his playing career, he served as a trial court judge in the New York state court system.

Basketball career

A 6 ft, 200 lb guard–forward, Kramer played for Linton High School in Schenectady, New York. Future NBA basketball player and coach Pat Riley was a freshman at Linton when Kramer was a senior. Kramer won two Section II championships at Linton and was named a first-team Parade All-American in 1960. He was later inducted into the Schenectady School District Hall of Fame.

After graduating from Linton in 1960, Kramer attended New York University (NYU). Kramer was named a consensus first-team All-American as a junior in 1963. That year, Kramer was the second-leading scorer in college basketball, averaging 29.3 points per game; he also received the Haggerty Award as the best college basketball player in the New York City metropolitan area. Kramer played in the 1963 NCAA tournament and the 1964 NIT with NYU. As a senior in the 1963–64 season, Kramer was named a third-team All-American by both the Associated Press and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. He was later named to the NYU Athletic Hall of Fame.

Kramer was selected by the San Francisco Warriors with the sixth pick in the 1964 NBA draft. He played one season in the NBA, a portion of which he spent playing for the Warriors and a portion of which he spent playing for the New York Knicks. Kramer averaged 3.6 points per game that season. Kramer later played in the rival American Basketball Association with the New York Nets in the 1969–1970 season.

In 2009, Kramer was selected by the Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame as the premier area basketball player over the past 50 years. He was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.

Legal and judicial career

Kramer became an attorney after graduating from Albany Law School in 1968; he finished second in his class. He was appointed to a Surrogate Court judgeship in Schenectady, New York by Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1993, was elected to the post later that year, and was re-elected in 2003. In November 2009, Kramer was elected as a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court–a trial-level court–in New York's Fourth Judicial District. After reaching the mandatory retirement age for New York judges in 2012, Kramer continued to serve on the court through a certification process available to retired judges. Kramer joined the law firm of McNamee Lochner P.C. in 2019.

Personal life and death

Kramer was born in Schenectady, New York, on November 10, 1942. He died on January 4, 2025, at the age of 82.

Career statistics

College

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*	Led Metropolitan NY Conference
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Source

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Year	Team	GP	FG%	FT%	RPG	PPG
1961–62	NYU	24	.436	.745	9.1	17.7
1962–63	NYU	23	.475	.830	12.0	29.3*
1963–64	NYU	27	.428	.758	7.2	21.0
Career	74	.447	.787	9.3	22.5
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NBA/ABA

Source

Regular season

References

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10. (12 September 2014). "Schwartz: National Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame Welcomes Its 2014 Class".
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12. (22 November 1970). "Abba of Schenectady Recruited For N.Y. U. by Kramer, Ex-Star". The New York Times.
13. (2009-11-05). "Sch'dy judge 1 of 2 to win Supreme Court jobs".
14. (2012-01-10). "3 district judges reach age to retire".
15. (2013-04-10). "Portraits of judges Reilly, Kramer unveiled".
16. (January 4, 2019). "Retired Justice Barry Kramer Joins McNamee Lochner".
17. "Barry Kramer NBA/ABA Stats". Sports Reference LLC.
18. (4 January 2025). "Schenectady basketball legend, long-time judge Barry Kramer dead at 82". The Daily Gazette.
19. "Barry Kramer College Stats".

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