Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 11 - Jack Gillespie (1969-70)
The Brooklyn Nets have 52 jersey numbers worn by over 600 different players over the course of their history since the franchise was founded in 1967 as a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA), when the team was known as the "New Jersey Americans".
Since then, that league has been absorbed by the NBA with the team that would later become the New York Nets and New Jersey Nets before settling on the name by which they are known today, bringing their rich player and jersey history with them to the league of today.
To commemorate the players who played for the Nets over the decades wearing those 52 different jersey numbers, Nets Wire is covering the entire history of the franchise's jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team. The 13th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 11 which has has had a total of 19 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The third of those players wearing No. 11 played in the New York Nets era, forward alum Jack Gillespie. After ending his college career at Montana State, Gillespie was picked up with the 166th overall selection (there were many more rounds in that era of the draft) of the 1969 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Great Falls, Montana native played his sole pro season for the Nets, however, retiring from the sport at the end of the 1969-70 season.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Gillespie wore only jersey No. 11 and put up 1.0 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 11 - Jack Gillespie (1969-70)
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