Family Ties: Rivers Father-Son Combo Becomes 8th Set of All-Americans

May 6th, 2012 - 18:42

Duke freshman guard Austin Rivers became only the eighth son of an All-American to receive the same national recognition as his dad (two-time Marquette All-American guard Glenn "Doc" Rivers). A possible family candidate next season to join this select group is Missouri playmaker Flip Pressey, a son of former Tulsa All-American Paul Pressey.

If Rivers had returned to the Blue Devils to try to improve his assist-to-turnover ratio rather than declaring early for the NBA draft, he and his dad could have become the first father-son duo to each be a multiple-season All-American.

No father-son combination ever earned All-American status for the same university. Virginia Tech probably should have been the first school in this category but the Hokies didn't pursue the son (Stephen Curry) of their lone NCAA consensus All-American (Dell Curry) in a meaningful fashion, which is probably why they never thrived under coach Seth Greenberg. Following is an alphabetical list of the first eight father-son tandems in this elite category:

Father School A-A Year(s) Son School A-A Years(s)
Henry Bibby UCLA 1972 Mike Bibby Arizona 1998
Dell Curry Virginia Tech 1986 Stephen Curry Davidson 2008 and 2009
Bob Ferry St. Louis 1959 Danny Ferry Duke 1988 and 1989
Stan Love Oregon 1971 Kevin Love UCLA 2008
John Lucas Jr. Maryland 1974 through 1976 John Lucas III Oklahoma State 2004
Scott May Indiana 1975 and 1976 Sean May North Carolina 2005
Doc Rivers Marquette 1982 and 1983 Austin Rivers Duke 2012
Jimmy Walker Providence 1965 through 1967 Jalen Rose Michigan 1994