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Austin Carr

Age 78 · USA · 193 cm (6'4") · 91 kg · Born Mar 10, 1948 · Notre Dame

14.9 PPG 2.9 RPG 2.7 APG 582 games 8 seasons
Austin Carr

Career snapshot

8seasons
582games
8,686career pts
13.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Cleveland Cavaliers · 488 games · 1971-72–1979-80

Position rank · 1980-81

#18PPG rank
#21PER rank
#21WS rank
Among 21 Point Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 21.9 1973-74 · CLE
RPG 4.5 1972-73 · CLE
APG 3.8 1973-74 · CLE
PER 18.9 1974-75 · CLE
WS 5.9 1972-73 · CLE

Draft

1971
Round 1 · Pick 1
by Cleveland Cavaliers
from Notre Dame

Honors & awards

1×
All-Star Selection
1973
1×
All-Rookie Team
1971

Career by team

Dallas Mavericks
1980-81 – 1980-81 · 1 seasons
2.0 PPG 1.1 RPG 1.1 APG
8 games
Washington Wizards
1980-81 – 1980-81 · 1 seasons
4.9 PPG 1.3 RPG 1.3 APG
39 games
Cleveland Cavaliers
1971-72 – 1979-80 · 7 seasons
17.0 PPG 3.2 RPG 3.0 APG
488 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1971-72 CLE 43 0 35.8 21.2 3.5 3.4 0.0 0.0 42.6 0.0 76.0 14.5 1.0
1972-73 CLE 82 0 37.8 20.5 4.5 3.4 0.0 0.0 44.6 0.0 82.2 15.4 5.9
1973-74 CLE 81 0 38.3 21.9 3.6 3.8 1.1 0.2 44.5 0.0 85.6 15.8 5.4
1974-75 CLE 41 0 26.4 14.5 2.6 3.8 1.2 0.0 46.8 0.0 84.0 18.9 2.9
1977-78 CLE 82 0 26.7 12.3 2.3 2.7 0.8 0.2 43.8 0.0 81.3 13.6 3.4
1978-79 CLE 82 0 33.1 17.0 3.5 2.6 0.9 0.2 47.5 0.0 81.6 15.4 5.0
1979-80 CLE 77 0 20.7 11.8 2.1 1.9 0.5 0.0 46.5 33.3 73.8 14.3 2.0
1980-81 NBA 47 0 14.0 4.4 1.3 1.2 0.3 0.0 37.2 0.0 63.0 — —
1980-81 DAL 8 0 9.6 2.0 1.1 1.1 0.1 0.0 25.0 0.0 50.0 -1.9 -0.4
1980-81 WAS 39 0 14.9 4.9 1.3 1.3 0.4 0.1 38.8 0.0 64.0 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1980 Dallas Mavericks Washington Wizards mid season trade From 1980-81 to 1980-81
Jul 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers Washington Wizards season change
Jul 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers Dallas Mavericks season change

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Born on March 10

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About Austin Carr

Austin George Carr is an American former professional basketball player and commentator who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, and Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In college, he won several national awards while playing for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He is known by Cleveland basketball fans as "Mr. Cavalier".