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Jon McGlocklin
Personal information
Born (1943-06-10) June 10, 1943 (age 81)
Franklin, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolFranklin (Franklin, Indiana)
CollegeIndiana (1962–1965)
NBA draft1965: 3rd round, 24th overall pick
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals
Playing career1965–1976
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
Number11, 14
Career history
1965–1967Cincinnati Royals
1967–1968San Diego Rockets
1968–1976Milwaukee Bucks
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points9,169 (11.6 ppg)
Rebounds1,928 (2.4 rpg)
Assists2,280 (2.9 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Jon P. McGlocklin (born June 10, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player born in Franklin, Indiana.

Playing career

A sharpshooting 6'5" guard from Indiana University, McGlockin was selected by the Cincinnati Royals in the third round of the 1965 NBA draft, but he is best known for his 8-season (1968–1976) tenure with the Milwaukee Bucks, with whom he won an NBA Championship (as a teammate of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson) in 1971. He scored 9,169 points in his NBA career, and his #14 jersey has been retired by the Bucks franchise. He also appeared in the 1969 NBA All-Star Game

McGlocklin was best known for his high-arcing "rainbow" jump shot from the wings, in what would now be three-point territory. It was most effective when paired in a two-man play with Jabbar: if the opposing guard fell back to double-team Jabbar, McGlocklin would make them pay from the perimeter; when the guard came out to defend him, he would pass the ball down to Jabbar with only one defender, who under most circumstances was out-matched.

McGlocklin was selected as one of the "Top 50 Basketball Players" of the 20th Century, in his home state of Indiana, as well as being inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association and the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.

On December 12th, 2019 students Ben Kujawa and Nick Hansen of Marquette University High School completed an hour-long oral history with Jon McGlocklin. Covering his whole entire life and with stories never shared before, the oral history can be found on the Milwaukee Memory Project YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwBdK0AFrFM

Announcing

For the last 25 years, McGlocklin has been a member of the Bucks' television broadcasting team, alongside Jim Paschke. His many years of involvement with the Bucks franchise have caused many fans to call McGlocklin "Mr. Buck".

Charity work

On the night of his retirement in 1976, Jon, along with Eddie Doucette founded the MACC Fund, which has become nationally recognized in its fight against childhood cancer and has raised over $45 million toward childhood cancer research.[1]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG STL BLK PPG
1965–66 Cincinnati 72 11.8 .421 .785 1.8 1.2 – – 5.1
1966–67 Cincinnati 60 19.9 .440 .712 2.7 1.6 – – 8.5
1967–68 San Diego 65 28.9 .417 .867 3.1 2.7 – – 12.1
1968–69 Milwaukee 80 36.1 .487 .842 4.3 3.9 – – 19.6
1969–70 Milwaukee 82 36.2 .530 .854 3.1 3.7 – – 17.6
1970–71† Milwaukee 82 35.3 .535 .862 2.7 3.7 – – 15.8
1971–72 Milwaukee 80 27.7 .510 .865 2.3 2.9 – – 10.7
1972–73 Milwaukee 80 24.4 .502 .863 2.0 3.0 – – 9.6
1973–74 Milwaukee 79 24.2 .475 .900 1.8 3.1 0.5 0.1 9.2
1974–75 Milwaukee 79 23.5 .496 .875 1.5 3.2 0.6 0.1 9.0
1975–76 Milwaukee 33 10.2 .426 .900 0.5 1.2 0.2 0.0 4.1
Career 792 26.4 .489 .845 2.4 2.9 0.5 0.1 11.6
All-Star 1 7.0 .500 – 1.0 0.0 – – 2.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG STL BLK PPG
1966 Cincinnati 4 16.5 .483 1.000 2.0 1.0 – – 7.5
1970 Milwaukee 10 37.7 .431 .806 3.6 2.1 – – 14.9
1971† Milwaukee 14 35.1 .536 .848 2.2 2.4 – – 14.9
1972 Milwaukee 5 20.6 .429 .833 .6 1.2 – – 7.0
1973 Milwaukee 6 24.2 .509 .875 1.2 2.2 – – 10.2
1974 Milwaukee 14 23.8 .495 .727 1.1 3.1 .4 .1 8.4
1976 Milwaukee 2 6.5 .750 – .5 .5 .5 .0 3.0
Career 55 27.8 .489 .824 1.9 2.2 .4 .1 11.0

References

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