One of Wyoming’s Greatest also Toughest
Published 1-17-2008
One of Wyoming’s most prolific basketball players of all time was also one of its greatest athletes. Dick Sherman was a four-sport star in Cheyenne, and many believe he could have played football or basketball at the college level. Sherman was one of the stars during one of Wyoming’s greatest eras of basketball, the 1960's.
“Dick was one of the greatest high school players of all time and continued it right into the University of Wyoming,” Assistant Athletic Director Kevin McKinney said.
Sherman was a complete player in all assets of the game. He was a great shooter, rebounder and a hard-nosed competitor.
“He had the unusual combination of an outstanding athlete who was really tough,” McKinney added. “Most great athletes I’ve seen never had the toughness that he did.”
The legendary Wyomingite led the Western Athletic Conference in field goal percentage his junior year and led the Cowboys for three seasons. His name is still listed upon many of the school’s records, including his 44 points against Rhode Island in 1966, the sixth all-time single-game scoring record in UW history.
The excellent shooting of Sherman and fellow hall-of-famer Flynn Robinson led the Cowboys to an average of 91 points per game in 1966, which still ranks first all-time. His amazing scoring and rebound combination still ranks in the school’s top ten as well.
Sherman was an education major and graduate of the ROTC program in 1966. He was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism. He had a 31-year career in the U.S. Army.
Dick Sherman was elected to the Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.
Special thanks to the Wyoming Athletics department for shared information.
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