American basketball player

Bobby Jones

Robert Clyde Jones 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.

Born

1951

December 18

Died

1971

Era

1950s

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About

Bobby, in brief

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Key dates

1951 Born
1971 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1118 The city of Zaragoza is conquered by king Alfonso I of Aragon from the Almoravid.
1271 Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China.
1499 A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversions of Muslims in Spain.
1622 Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.

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The world in 1951

When Bobby arrived

april 11 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
april 11 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
april 17 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
april 22 Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on December 18

Steven Spielberg 1946– American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks Allen Klein 1931–2009 American businessman and music publisher (died 2009) Francis Burton Harrison 1873–1957 American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (died 1957) Jack Brooks 1922–2012 American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2012) John Hull 1624–1683 colonial American merchant and politician (died 1683) Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 Georgian-Russian marshal and politician,General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1953) Jules Dassin 1911–2008 American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008) Keith Richards 1943– English musician Malcolm Kirk 1936–1987 English rugby player and wrestler (born 1936)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1951

Alley Mills 1951– American actress Andrei Kozyrev 1951– Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia Ashok Gehlot 1951– Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan Barry Marshall 1951– Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Bootsy Collins 1951– American singer-songwriter and bass player Charly García 1951– Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player Chesley Sullenberger 1951– American airline pilot and safety expert Chris Cooper 1951– American actor Dan Fouts 1951– American football player and sportscaster

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