K.C. Jones

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K.C. Jones (at right) with fellow Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens.
K.C. Jones (at right) with fellow Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens.

(Number retired February 12, 1967)

K.C. Jones played college basketball at the University of San Francisco and, along with Bill Russell, led the Dons to two NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956. Jones also played with Russell on the 1956 United States men's Olympic basketball team, which won the gold medal at the Melbourne Summer Games.

Played 9 seasons in the NBA, all with the Celtics, from 1958-59 through 1966-67...Helped lead the Green and White to 8 straight NBA world championship titles from 1959 through 1967...He led the Celtics in Assists for three consecutive seasons, 1963-64 through 1965-66, and currently ranks 7th all-time in Celtics history in this category with 2,904 career assists...After retiring as a player in 1967, he later went on to coach the Celtics from 1983-84 to 1987-88, guiding the Celtics to two NBA World Championships in 1984 and 1986...Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.

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