Richie Powers
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 27 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 14,1930 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | New York |
| United States | |
| Date of died | July 31,1998 |
| Died | Allentown |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Job | Newsreader |
| Basketball Official | |
| Awards | National Book Award for Fiction |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | |
| MacArthur Fellowship | |
| Dos Passos Prize | |
| Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction | |
| Lannan Literary Award for Fiction | |
| Ambassador Book Award for Fiction | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1222256 |
Richie Powers Life story
Richard F. "Richie" Powers was a professional basketball referee in the NBA from 1956 to 1979. He worked 25 NBA Finals games, including the triple-overtime Game 5 contest in the 1976 NBA Finals between the Suns and the Celtics, considered "the greatest game ever played" in the NBA, as well as three All-Star Games.