Henry Smith Barrier Jr. (July 17, 1916 – June 2, 1989)[1] was an American sportsjournalist. He was the longtime Executive Sports Editor ofGreensboro News & Record and served as president ofUnited States Basketball Writers Association from 1970 to 1971. He is a charter member of theUnited States Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame. In 1999, Barrier was awarded theBasketball Hall of Fame'sCurt Gowdy Media Award for outstanding contributions in electronic andprint media. Barrier is also a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (inducted in 1980).[2]
Barrier was born inConcord, North Carolina in 1916, and was a 1934 graduate ofConcord High School and a 1938 graduate of theUniversity of North Carolina. After graduation, he became a sportswriter at his hometown paper, The Concord Daily Tribune from 1938 to 1941, before moving to the Greensboro Daily News. He became the Daily News sports editor in 1944 and later the Daily Record, which merged to become theGreensboro News & Record. Barrier's account of UCLA'sLew Alcindor in the 1967 UCLA-Dayton game in the1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament earned him a spot in the book"Best Sports Stories 1970".
Writing aboutUCLA's national champion basketball teams underJohn Wooden, he said, "Mister John Wooden has a watch factory out in Los Angeles. It's a bit different from most Swiss works. They don't make watches, they win 'em."[3]
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