Top 50 Kentucky Wildcats Prior to John Calipari Era

45. Rick Robey

Rick Robey played his collegiate basketball under the one and only Joe B. Hall. While being the third overall pick in the 1978 NBA Draft his post-college basketball career was mediocre at best. However, Robey did get an NBA Championship with the Boston Celtics in 1981. During his NBA career he saw playing time with the Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers and Phoenix Suns.

Robey was a vital part of the team that won the University of Kentucky their first National Championship after the Adolph Rupp Era. Tobey averaged 13.3 points and 8.0 rebounds a game and the center grabbed 838 career rebounds, ranking quite high on the career rebounds list.

Today, Robey is a real estate agent in the Louisville, Kentucky area.

Kyforward.com caught up with Robey about his real estate career.

"When you’re trying to get into the real-estate business in Kentucky, it doesn’t hurt to have been a player for both the University of Kentucky Wildcats and several NBA teams. But as Louisville real-estate agent Rick Robey said, that isn’t the only reason he made the leap 20 years ago, to showing houses in Louisville instead of winning basketball games. When his pro career was over, thanks to several injuries, another public-focused field made sense, he said. “I wanted to get into something that was people-oriented,” Robey said. “I’d had a restaurant in Lexington that failed. You know, every athlete thinks they need to own a restaurant.” Either real estate or insurance may have worked. Robey chose real estate. Friends encouraged him to set up an office in Louisville, and he did so in 1992. “Over the last … twelve years I’ve had the number one RE/MAX team in this part of the region,” he said. “I’m just a driven type person. I like to win. … And probably my playing days kind of instilled that in me.”"

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