Hall of Fame
Dick Barr graduated from then Findlay College with a bachelor’s degree in comprehensive social studies and a minor in English. As a student athlete, he lettered in basketball for two years and also baseball. He led the Oilers in rebounds his junior year, and had 21-point per game average his senior year. In 1956, he received honorable mention on the All-Ohio State College basketball team. Upon, graduation, he was employed by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio, as a marketing manager of packaging films. He retired in 1998. Dick is a member of the Rio Grande College Athletic Hall of Fame, where he had attended his freshman and sophomore years. His fondest memory of UF was the tremendous help that the Findlay business community offered to him and fellow students, and even more, the kindness of the basketball coach, Mr. Don Renninger. Dick is married to Delores, and they have five children: Daniel, Dennis, Denise, Beverly and Gary.
