Caldwell Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American basketball player
Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1950
Place of Birth: McGehee, Arkansas, United States
Date of Death: 21-Sep-2014
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Caldwell Jones
- Caldwell "Pops" Jones (August 4, 1950 – September 21, 2014) was an American professional basketball player. Jones was drafted out of Albany State College (Georgia) by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 14th pick in the 1973 NBA draft.
- He played three seasons in the American Basketball Association and 14 seasons in the NBA, most extensively with the Philadelphia 76ers. Jones led the ABA in blocked shots in the 1973–74 season, and played in the 1975 ABA All-Star Game.
- He shares (with Julius Keye) the ABA's all-time record for blocked shots in a game with 12.Jones' brothers, Charles, Wil and Major all played at Albany State and in the NBA.
- The most prominent of the foursome, Caldwell Jones was best known as the least flamboyant member of the high-powered Philadelphia 76ers teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- Playing alongside Julius Erving and company, Jones didn't need to score much with Philadelphia, so he concentrated on rebounding, shotblocking, and defense.
- A lanky yet strong 6-foot-11 pivotman, his hustle, board work, and defense kept him in professional basketball for 17 years. Playing in his final season at age 39, he was the fifth-oldest NBA player ever to have suited up at the time.
- He finished with 10,068 points (in the NBA and the American Basketball Association), but it had taken him 1,227 games to rack them up.
- No other player who scored 10,000 points had ever needed more than 1,200 games to do so.
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