From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bernie Fryer
Bernie Fryer
Bernie Fryer high school, he attended and graduated from Brigham
No. 13, 12, 25 Young University (BYU) in 1972.[1] At BYU, he played bas-
ketball and was selected to the All-Western Athletic Con-
Guard
ference team from 1970 to 1972.[1] He led the team in
Personal information scoring in 1971 with 19.2 ppg to help the Cougars win the
WAC championship.
Date of birth December 25, 1949 (1949-12-25)
Place of birth Bellingham, Washington
Professional basketball career
Nationality American
Fryer was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the seventh
High school Port Angeles HS round of the 1972 NBA Draft.[3] He never played for the
(Port Angeles, Washington)
Suns, however, making his NBA debut with the Portland
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Trail Blazers in 1973.[3] He played 80 games for the Blaz-
ers during the 1973–74 season,[3] and he was named to
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
the All-Rookie Second Team after averaging 7.0 points
Career information and 3.5 assists per game.[3][4] The following season, he
split time between the New Orleans Jazz of the NBA and
College BYU
the ABA’s Spirits of St. Louis, scoring 157 combined NBA/
NBA Draft 1972 / Round: 7 / Pick: 109th overall ABA points before retiring in 1975.[3] Over his playing ca-
Selected by the Phoenix Suns reer, he averaged 6.3 points, 3.0 assists and 1.8 rebounds
with the Trail Blazers and Jazz in the NBA and 7.8 points,
Pro career 1973–1975 2.9 assists and 2.4 rebounds in nine games for the St.
Career history Louis Spirits in the ABA.[1]
1973–1974 Portland Trail Blazers
1974 Spirits of St. Louis (ABA)
Officiating career at NBA
Bernie Fryer
1975 New Orleans Jazz
Residence Sequim, Washington
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Nationality American
Points 756 (6.3 ppg)
League National Basketball Association
Rebounds 227 (3.0 rpg)
Years active 1978–2007
Assists 356 (1.0 apg)
No. of games 1806
Stats at NBA.com
officiated
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
After retiring as a player, Fryer embarked upon a lengthy
Bernie W. Fryer (born December 25, 1949 in Bellingham, career as an NBA referee, beginning in 1978. As of the
Washington)[1] has been Vice President and Director of beginning of the 2006–07 NBA season, he officiated 1,649
Officials for the National Basketball Association since July regular season, 145 playoff, and 11 NBA Finals games as
2008.[2] He was a player in the NBA and American Basket- well as the 1998 All-Star Game.[1] He was also one of three
ball Association (ABA) from 1973 to 1975 [3] before serv- former NBA players (Leon Wood and Haywoode Work-
ing as a referee from 1978 to 2007.[1] man) who officiated in the league. During a 2002 playoff
game between the Charlotte Hornets and Orlando Mag-
Early life ic, Fryer and his officiating crew disallowed a field goal
made by the Hornets Baron Davis.[5] Davis received an in-
Fryer attended Port Angeles High School in Port Angeles, bound pass with 0.7 seconds remaining and successful-
Washington. In high school, he participated in football ly made the shot before the buzzer sounded.[5] This in-
and basketball and was named an "All-American" in both cident led Commissioner David Stern to consider the use
sports during his junior and senior season.[1] Following
1
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of instant replay in NBA games.[5] Considered one of the [3] ^ "Bernie Fryer". Basketball-Reference.com.
top-rated referees in the league, he retired in 2007 fol- http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/
lowing Game 3 of the 2007 NBA Finals.[6] It was reported fryerbe01.html. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
that Fryer was dissatisfied over the current state of man- [4] "Did You Know?". National Basketball Association.
agement of officials.[6] http://www.nba.com/features/
didyouknow_051219.html. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
Director of Officials [5] ^ Sheridan, Chris (2002-04-29). "Stern: League will
During the 2007–08 season, Fryer served as the acting As- look at instant replay". Associated Press.
sistant Director of Officials and Crew Chief Coordinator. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nba/stories/
He was appointed Vice President and Director of Officials 2002-04-29-replay.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
in July 2008, overseeing the development and the tran- [6] ^ Bucher, Ric (2007-08-03). "NBA officials see
sition of referees between the D-league and the NBA, as themselves in no-win situations". ESPN.com.
well as managing their on-court performance.[2] http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/
story?page=bucherrefs. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
Persondata
References
Name Fryer, Bernie
[1] ^ "Bernie Fryer #7". National Basketball Referees
Alternative names
Association. http://www.probasketballrefs.com/
Default.aspx?tabid=91. Retrieved 2007-08-03. Short description
[2] ^ "Bernie Fryer - Vice President and Director of Date of birth 1949-12-25
Officials". NBA.com. 2008. http://www.nba.com/ Place of birth Bellingham, Washington
careers/executives/fryer.html. Retrieved
2009-05-33. Date of death
Place of death
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