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Bobby Jones

1951 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Jones is the 91st most popular basketball player (up from 358th in 2019), the 5,634th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,490th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bobby Jones ranks 91 out of 1,757. Before him are Allen Iverson, Nate Thurmond, Ettore Messina, Dirk Nowitzki, A. C. Green, and JJ Redick. After him are Charlie Scott, Yao Ming, Dino Meneghin, Tatyana Ovechkina, Muggsy Bogues, and Isiah Thomas.

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Among people born in 1951, Bobby Jones ranks 274. Before him are Charles E. Brady Jr., Bill Bryson, Ana Belén, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., Greg Bear, and Jakup Krasniqi. After him are Oleg Gazmanov, Andris Bērziņš, Enda Kenny, Anthony Phillips, Jóannes Eidesgaard, and Viktor Sukhorukov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Jones ranks 5,634 out of 20,380. Before him are Justin Theroux (1971), Valerie Thomas (1943), Paul Kantner (1941), Sacheen Littlefeather (1946), Jim Rathmann (1928), and K Callan (1936). After him are Sally Hemings (1773), James J. Corbett (1866), Sharon Jones (1956), Anthony Mackie (1978), Elizabeth Olsen (1989), and Prodigy (1974).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bobby Jones ranks 56. Before him are Charles Barkley (1963), Maurice Cheeks (1956), Allen Iverson (1975), Nate Thurmond (1941), A. C. Green (1963), and JJ Redick (1984). After him are Charlie Scott (1948), Muggsy Bogues (1965), Isiah Thomas (1961), Dick Boushka (1934), Wes Unseld (1946), and Jerry Sloan (1942).

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