Hall of Fame
BOB FORD, Albright College
Basketball, Golf – Class of 1981
Bob Ford was a two-sport athlete at Albright College from 1977-81 competing basketball and golf. On the hardwood, Ford was a three-time All-MAC Northern selection, including first-team honors in 1981, and second-team honors in both 1979 and 1980. In 1981, he was named the MAC Northern Most Valuable Player and the ECAC Player of the Year. Ford was a three-time NABC All-District honoree including first-team honors in 1980 and 1981, and second-team honors in 1979. He was named to the MAC 100 Men’s Basketball All-Century Team in 2012.
Ford still holds the Albright single-season record of 231 made field goals (1979-80). He is fifth in program history with 1,852 career points. Ford is just one of 39 players to reach 1,000 points in program history, and just one of five to score more than 1,800 career points. He still ranks in the top-six of several career marks at Albright, including games played (2nd – 122); made field goals (2nd – 773); assists (4th – 486); field goal percentage (5th- 51.5% - 772/1500), assists per game (5th – 3.5) and steals (6th – 144).
On the golf course, Ford was a four-year letter winner. He competed in four MAC Championships with two top-20 finishes in 1980 (14th) and 1981 (17th).
Ford was inducted into the Albright College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Wilson High School (Reading, Pa.) Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He was inducted into the Berks (County) Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011 for both his high school and college careers. Ford has been a member of the Albright Board of Trustees since 2014. He is a retired managing partner of Ernst & Young, LLP.