Ricky Simpson
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Position: GRD
- Height (CM): 196
- Weight (KG): #N/A
- Junior Assoc: None
- College: Concordia Moorhead (1978-1983)
- NBL DEBUT: 26/04/86
- AGE AT DEBUT: 0
- LAST NBL GAME: 18/05/90
- NBL History: Newcastle 1986 | Hobart 1989-90
- Championships: 0
- None
NBL EXPERIENCE
Ricky Simpson made his NBL debut with the Newcastle Falcons on 26/4/1986. He scored 13 points in his first game.
Ricky Simpson played three seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Newcastle Falcons and the Hobart Devils. He averaged 12.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.4 assists in 52 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 | Hobart | 8-18 (12) | 9 | 198.0 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 53 | 23% | 2 | 13 | 15% | 11 | 19 | 58% | 30% | 25% | 10 |
| 1989 | 0 | Hobart | 8-16 (10) | 17 | 456.0 | 204 | 79 | 34 | 30 | 49 | 14 | 5 | 42 | 49 | 69 | 142 | 49% | 11 | 22 | 50% | 55 | 70 | 79% | 58% | 52% | 23 |
| 1986 | 0 | Newcastle | 10-16 (10) | 26 | 0.0 | 396 | 149 | 85 | 48 | 101 | 32 | 4 | 62 | 83 | 148 | 338 | 44% | 16 | 45 | 36% | 84 | 124 | 68% | 50% | 46% | 35 | Totals | 52 | 654 | 637 | 252 | 126 | 87 | 165 | 55 | 9 | 120 | 152 | 229 | 533 | 43.0% | 29 | 80 | 36.3% | 150 | 213 | 70.4% | 51% | 46% | 35 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 | Hobart | 8-18 (12) | 9 | 22.0 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 23% | 0.2 | 1.4 | 15% | 1.2 | 2.1 | 58% | 30% | 25% | 10 |
| 1989 | 0 | Hobart | 8-16 (10) | 17 | 26.8 | 12.0 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 8.4 | 49% | 0.6 | 1.3 | 50% | 3.2 | 4.1 | 79% | 58% | 52% | 23 |
| 1986 | 0 | Newcastle | 10-16 (10) | 26 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 13.0 | 44% | 0.6 | 1.7 | 36% | 3.2 | 4.8 | 68% | 50% | 46% | 35 | Total | 52 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 10.3 | 43.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36.3% | 0.6 | 1.5 | 70.4% | 51% | 46% | 35 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 35 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Noarlunga City 1992-93 | Central District 1997
Was a part of the Noarlunga Tigers championship team in 1992 where he played alongside Brett Wheeler, Rick Hodges, Ben Osbourne and Willie Janette. He returned to the Tigers in 1993, who despite losing big man Brett Wheeler to rival South Adelaide, went on to win back-to-back titles, defeating Murray Bridge (92-64).
COLLEGE
Ricky Simpson attended Concordia Moorhead University (Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota), and Concordia’s archived athletics records show he was in the program as early as 1978-79 when he was listed on the junior varsity roster under coach Duane Siverson.
In 1982-83, Simpson was a senior guard for Concordia’s men’s basketball team, which won its second straight Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) championship in 52 years by going 14-4 in league play and finishing 18-9 overall, with John Eidsness as head coach.
Concordia clinched the 1982-83 MIAC title on February 20 with a 70-67 win over St. Mary’s (Winona), and that result secured the Cobbers a spot in the NAIA District 13 playoffs.
In the NAIA District 13 first round on March 5, Concordia beat Southwest State (Marshall) 100-88 after erasing a 10-point deficit and ripping off 17 unanswered points during its comeback, before the Cobbers’ season ended in the District 13 final on March 9 with an 84-70 loss to St. John’s (Collegeville), a game in which St. John’s shot 60 percent from the field.
Simpson earned All-MIAC recognition in 1982-83, and the league’s season-end statistics credited him with 259 points across 18 MIAC games (14.4 points per game) on 105 made field goals and 49 made free throws, placing him among the conference’s listed scoring leaders for that season.
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