Background
He was born in Evanston, Illinois.
He was born in Evanston, Illinois.
Robert Lackey was born to Raymond Oliver Lackey and died from cancer in 2002. Lackey played two seasons for the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association. Previously, he had been drafted in the fifth round of the 1972 National Basketball Association Draft by the Atlanta Hawks.
He played at the collegiate level for Casper College and with the then-Marquette Warriors, who have retired his uniform number.