James Jones Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1972
label: copyright date
content: 1969
name: label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: publisher
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: depicted
content: Jones, James
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This James “Jimmy” Jones basketball card is number 229 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 American Basketball Association (ABA) season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Utah Stars guard on a yellow background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “James possesses acrobatic shooting moves,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Jimmy Jones played in the ABA for seven years, playing for the New Orleans Buccaneers, Memphis Pros, and Utah Stars. He was named to the ABA All-Star team six times and selected to the All-ABA 1st Team three times. Jones led the ABA in field goal percentage in 1969 and in free throw percentage in 1974, making him the only player in either the NBA or ABA to be a league-leader in both categories. He played in the NBA for the Washington Bullets from 1974-1977.
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Basketball Cards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0568.086
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm