Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)

Bobby Jones

Jones with the Nuggets in the late 1970s

Personal information

Born

December 18, 1951
Akron, Ohio, U.S.

Listed height

6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

Listed weight

210 lb (95 kg)

Career information

High school

South Mecklenburg
(Charlotte, North Carolina)

College

North Carolina (1971–1974)

1974: 1st round, 5th overall pick

Drafted by

Houston Rockets

Playing career

1974–1986

Position

Number

24

Career history

Philadelphia 76ers

Career highlights

NBA champion (1983)
4× NBA All-Star (1977, 1978, 1981, 1982)
8× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1977–1984)
NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1985)
NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1983)
ABA All-Star (1976)
All-ABA Second Team (1976)
2× ABA All-Defensive First Team (1975, 1976)
ABA All-Rookie First Team (1975)
No. 24 retired by Philadelphia 76ers
Consensus second-team All-American (1974)
First-team All-ACC (1974)
Second-team All-ACC (1973)
No. 34 honored by North Carolina Tar Heels
Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" Award (2005)

Career ABA and NBA statistics

11,391 (12.1 ppg)

5,739 (6.1 rpg)

2,522 (2.7 apg)

Stats at NBA.com

Stats at Basketball Reference

Basketball Hall of Fame

Medals

Men's Basketball

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1972 Munich	Team competition

Robert Clyde "Bobby" Jones (born December 18, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Denver Nuggets in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the Philadelphia 76ers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Secretary of Defense", Jones won an NBA championship with the 76ers in 1983, was a four-time NBA All-Star, a nine-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team, and was the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 1983. In 2019, Jones was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.