Austin Carr

Austin George Carr (born March 10, 1948) is a retired American professional basketball player who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, and Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association. He is known by Cleveland basketball fans as "Mr. Cavalier".

Early years and high school career

Carr grew up in Washington D.C., and attended Holy Redeemer School, and later Mackin Catholic High School. At Mackin, Carr teamed with All-City guard Tom Little, who made some national All-American teams before starring at the University of Seattle. As a Junior All Met, Carr scored 475 points in 24 games. During Carr's All Met senior season, he scored 600 points and along with Sterling Savoy, led the Paul Furlong coached Trojans to the Catholic League title over DeMatha. Carr was named Parade All-American along with other 1967 seniors such as Artis Gilmore, Howard Porter, Jim McDaniels, and Curtis Rowe, all of whom became major college stars.

Collegiate basketball career

The 6-foot 4-inch (1.93 m), 200 lb (91 kg) shooting guard first came to prominence as a highly recruited player for the University of Notre Dame, arriving after having scored more than 2,000 points during his high school career. Carr lived up to his lofty billing by ending his three-year career at Notre Dame with 2,560 points (an average of 34.5 points per game), ranking him fifth all-time in college basketball history at the time of his departure. During his final two seasons, Carr became only the second college player ever to tally more than 1,000 points in a season, joining Pete Maravich in that select group. Carr holds NCAA tournament records for most points in one game (61 vs. Ohio in 1970), most field goals in one game (25), and most field goals attempted in one game (44). His record scoring average of 50 points per game in seven NCAA playoff games may never be broken. Recently, ESPN named Carr the 22nd greatest college basketball player of all time.

Austin Carr (cricketer)

Austin Michael Carr (29 September 1898 – 20 December 1946) was an English cricketer who played six first-class matches for Worcestershire in the 1920s.

Carr had an unusual introduction to first-class cricket. Worcestershire, short of players, sent out a call to Gilbert Ashton, headmaster of Abberley Hall School and a man who was to play a number of times for the county in the years ahead. However, Ashton was unwell and so sent Carr, a junior member of the school staff. Carr tried to protest that he was not good enough, but in the event he succeeded magnificently, scoring 82 from number eight in the order. He also bowled two overs without reward: his only bowling spell in first-class cricket. In the second innings he was promoted to bat at three, but was dismissed for 17.

After such a performance, Carr was chosen for two more matches that season, one of them against a Nottinghamshire team captained by his namesake Arthur Carr and the other against Lancashire. He could manage only 4, 28 and 2 in his three innings, however, and was no more successful (making 7, 4 and 2) in the couple of games he played in 1922. He was to play only one more first-class match, three years later against Somerset, but again he failed, making 0 and 4 in an innings defeat.