Montclair State University Athletics

During his undergraduate career at Montclair State, Bob Gleason earned four varsity awards and was the recipient of several prestigious awards for varsity basketball. In his freshman season he set a school record for field goals in a season with 237. In addition he set an NCAA record for consecutive free throws (53) in a string of six games from February 8, 1966 to February 25, 1966. Performance of this nature brought him recognition as a New Jersey All-State College Division and NCAA All-America honors during the 1964-65 and 1965-66 seasons. In addition he was honored as MSC Athlete of the Year for the 1965-66 academic year.