Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)

Bobby Jones

Jones with the Nuggets in the late 1970s
Personal information
Born	(1951-12-18) December 18, 1951 (age 73) 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)
NBA draft	1974: 1st round, 5th overall pick
Drafted by	Houston Rockets
Playing career	1974–1986
Position	Power forward
Number	24
Career history
1974–1978	Denver Nuggets
1978–1986	Philadelphia 76ers
Career highlights and awards
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
Points	11,391 (12.1 ppg)
Rebounds	5,739 (6.1 rpg)
Assists	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.^[1][2]