THE Golden State Warriors have made positive that greater than 600 gamers go greater than 60 jersey points utilized by their gamers on greater than 75 years of existence that the group appreciated in its wealthy and legendary historical past.
Based in 1946 on the Affiliation of America basketball period (BAA – A Precursor League of the NBA), the group referred to as the cities of Philadelphia, San Francisco, Oakland and even San Diego.
To commemorate the gamers who had been carrying these figures, Warriors Wire covers the entire story of Jersey’s numbers and the gamers who’ve sported them for the reason that group’s basis. For this text, we begin with the primary of 28 gamers who wore jersey n ° 7 for the Warriors.
This participant could be the Alun of Golden State Guard Ernie Beck. After finishing his college profession in Penn, Beck was resumed with the primary international number of the 1953 NBA restoration by (then) Philadelphia (now, Golden State) Warriors.
The native of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, would play the primary 6 seasons of his skilled profession with the dubs earlier than he was handled at (then) St. Louis (now, Atlanta) Hawks in 1960.
Throughout his time which was accompanied by the Warriors, Beck solely wore jersey n ° 7 and picked up 6.4 factors, 3.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per match.
This text initially appeared on Warriors Wire: Warriors Jersey Historical past – No. 7 – Ernie Beck (1953-60)
