University of Richmond Athletics
Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1980
- Class:
- 1956
Ed Harrison was a standout basketball player from Beltsville, Ohio. He started at guard for four straight years, 1952-56, and scored 1,843 points, a Richmond record for 26 years. At one point, he held the Richmond record for consecutive games played with 108. Ed was named All-Virginia all four years, served as captain of basketball squad during his junior and senior years, and was named to the All-Southern Conference team in 1956. In the 1952-53 season he played in 27 games, had 154 field goals, 149 free throws, 457 points and averaged 16.9 points a game. During the 1953-54 season he played in 31 games and had 477 points, and averaged 15.4 points a game. In his junior year he played in 28 games, scored 448 points and averaged 16.0 points a game. In his senior year he played in 28 games, scored 461 points and averaged 15.9 points a game.
He was ranked fifth on field goals made in a career with 605 field goals averaging 5.26 in 115 games and ranked ninth on the career scoring average list. In 115 games, he had a total of 1843 total field goals averaging 16.03. Harrison was also ranked 10th on the free throw percentage for a season (1955). He played in 28 games, made 148 free throws in 180 attempts with a percentage of 82.22. He also is ranked third, tied for eighth and tenth for free throws made in a season. He averaged 6.38 a game in 1956, 4.87 a game in 1954 and 5.52 a game in 1953. He was first on the all-time career free throws made list with 633 averaging 5.50 a game.
In 1952-53 he was named First Team all-State; in 1953-54, First Team all-State and Second Team all-Southern; 1954-55, First Team all-State; Second Team all-Southern and in 1955-56, First Team all-State, First Team all-Southern and Southern all-Tournament.
