[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15973]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




IN RECOGNITION OF BOB McCULLOUGH, SR. RECIPIENT OF THE 2012 MARCELLA R. 
                         BROWN FOUNDATION AWARD

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                         HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 29, 2012

  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor, recognize, and 
celebrate Mr. Bob McCullough Sr., recipient of the Marcella R. Brown 
Foundation's Founders Award.
  My good friend Bob McCullough Sr., is the Founder & Co-Founder of 
several community organizations such as the Rucker Pro Tournament 
Summer Professional Basketball League, Harlem Professional Inc., 
National Association of Each One Teach One Inc., John Hunter Camp Fund, 
Rucker Professionals Hall of Fame, Bob Douglass Hall of Fame, 133rd & 
134th streets Alumni Association and the Pelham Fritz Basketball 
League.
  I am glad that the Marcella R. Brown Foundation has chosen to 
recognize Bob for all his service and devotion. The Marcella R. Brown 
Foundation Inc. is a well regarded organization that seeks to provide 
assistance to youth who want to pursue a higher education. They give 
financial support in the form of scholarships, and provide 
opportunities for youth to get valuable work experience with non-profit 
organizations and select governmental agencies.
  Bob McCullough is a legendary Benedict College athlete who holds a 
spot in the upper echelon of all-time great basketball players in the 
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. A heralded New York 
schoolboy athlete, he was recruited by Coach John E. Brown and scored 
2,135 points for a 28.4 points per game career average during his three 
years with the Benedict College Tigers.
  McCullough displayed textbook-pure shooting and was quicker than 
everybody guarding him. He made studder-steps dribbling down the court 
then, faded back for odd-angle 10 to 17-foot jumpers that invariably 
went in the basket. In 1964-65, he was the second leading scorer in the 
nation averaging 36.4 points per game. He netted over 45 points on four 
occasions, 49 points twice and a single career high of 51 points 
against South Carolina State Bulldogs.
  As a freshman in 1961-62, Bob canned 54, 56, and 64 points in 
exhibition games. In 1963-64, he was the star of Benedict's national 
scoring championship basketball team that averaged 101.2 points per 
game. McCullough was the first black athlete to be selected for the 
All-Southern Textile Basketball All-Star Team in Greenville, SC.
  He was named to All-American Honorable Mention teams by sportswriters 
for United Press International and Converse Magazine in 1965, Bob was 
offered a contract by the Harlem Globetrotters, and was drafted by the 
Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association. He was 
dropped from the Royals when All-Star guard Oscar Robinson renewed his 
contract. In 1967, Bob played with the New Jersey Asbury Park 
Boardwalkers in the Eastern Professional Basketball League, now known 
as the CBA. He averaged 22 points and five assists per game and was 
selected to the All-Rookie Team, and played in the Eastern Professional 
League East/West All-Star Game with NBA Stars Walter Dukes and K. C. 
Jones.
  McCullough earned a Master of Science degree from Lehman College and 
studied additionally at New York University, Cornell University and 
Hunter College. He is a New York Department of Education licensed 
school teacher, former counselor for Hunter College, and a published 
researcher who has lectured at conferences on mentoring in the US and 
abroad. Bob presented in Vancouver, Canada, New Castle on the Thyme, 
England, and for the National Association of Black Social Workers in 
New Orleans as well as Los Angeles, California.
  In 1976-80, Bob became the Assistant Director and Counselor of the 
Fordham University Upward-Bound Program, on the Rose-Hill campus. 
Bronx, New York. Bob is founding member of the East Harlem Abyssinian 
Triangle Inc. that brought Pathmark to Harlem.
  Throughout the years Bob McCullough has received numerous honors and 
awards as the commissioner of the internationally-known Rucker Summer 
Professional Basketball League and as co-founder of the National 
Association of Each One Teach One, a youth developmental mentoring 
program in Harlem.
  Bob McCullough Sr., is the Founder & Co-Founder of several community 
organizations; Rucker Pro Tournament Summer Professional Basketball 
League, Harlem Professional Inc., National Association of Each One 
Teach One Inc., John Hunter Camp Fund, Rucker Professionals Hall of 
Fame, Bob Douglass Hall of Fame, 133rd & 134th streets Alumni 
Association and the Pelham Fritz Basketball League.
  Bob has played a pivotal role in my Congressional District by 
providing programs and activities that help foster and develop minds 
and talents of the community youth. Because of his selfless devotion 
and unwavering dedication, many of your young people will go on to 
reach their ambitions. It is in that spirit that I ask all my 
colleagues and our Nation to join me in this special Congressional 
Recognition of the Mr. Bob McCullough Sr. recipient of the 2012 
Marcella R. Brown Foundation's Founders Award.

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