Duquesne Dukes Fan Forum / Rick Carlberg's son...

**Posted by gjgsr** 4/16/2021 10:42 am

Briefly encountered a very tall (looked to be around 6'8 or more) blond lad with a "Duquesne" sweat shirt at Sam's (at the Mills) yesterday -- and asked him if he was playing for the Dukes. His answer - "no, but my Dad (Rick Carlton) played for them in '89." Would liked to have quizzed him further about why he wasn't playing for the Dukes but he seemed to be in a hurry. Anybody know anything about him?

**Posted by stew** 4/16/2021 10:48 am

Carlberg played for the Dukes in mid 1960s with Guziak,Washington,Miniotas and Jim Smith.

**Posted by PhoenixRising2** 4/16/2021 12:33 pm

Here's a nice (dated) article on Rich Carlberg to celebrate his induction into the A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame.
https://archive.triblive.com/news/three-sport-star-cherishes-hall-call/

Rich played for the Dukes from 65-68, averaging 9 points and 4 rebounds for his career.

**Posted by Mike Ignelsi** 4/16/2021 2:14 pm

Along with the irrepressible Michael Bove, Rich had the loudest voice ever at the Civic Arena. He used it to initiate the infamous Battle of Cleveland, where the Dukes defeated the Russian Navy.
He was also drafted by Green Bay as a punter/ tight end. Hell of an athlete.