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Dwight Jones

American basketball player (1952-2016)
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Dwight Jones
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Facts

26 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
February 27, 1952
Date of death
July 25, 2016
Place of birth
Houston
Place of death
The Woodlands
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
basketball player
Educated at
Wheatley High School, University of Houston[9][10]
Birth name
Dwight Elmo Jones[28]
Country for sport
United States[29]
Drafted by
Atlanta Hawks[23]
End of work period
1984[31]
Family name
Jones[24]
Given name
Dwight[25]
Height
+208[32]
League or competition
NCAA Division I men's basketball, National Basketball Association[18][19]
Mass
+95[33]
Member of sports team
Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Pallacanestro Trieste, Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Cougars men's basketball[12][13][14][15][16][17]
Native language
English[8]
Participant in
1972 Summer Olympics, 1971 Pan American Games[26][27]
Place of burial
Paradise North Cemetery[6]
Position played on team / speciality
power forward, center[20][21]
Sport
basketball[22]
Show all 26 facts +2
Sports discipline competed in
basketball[34]
Start of work period
1973[30]
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🔖 Identifiers · 17
Basketball Reference NBA player ID
j/jonesdw01
Basketball Reference international player ID
dwight-jones-1
ESPN.com NBA player ID
5285
Eurobasket.com player ID
775410
FIBA.basketball people ID
103440
FIBA.com player ID (archived)
3574
Find a Grave memorial ID
167426312
Freebase ID
/m/02pwkhy
HAND ID
F55D-1975-1DA9-E964-837E
LegaBasket.it player ID
JON-DWI, 2933/dwight-jones
NBA.com player ID
77182
Olympedia people ID
6338
Show all 17 identifiers +5
RealGM basketball player ID
65805
Sports Reference college basketball player ID
dwight-jones-1
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
jo/dwight-jones-1
The Draft Review ID
872
Trading Card Database name ID
7367

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Member of sports team 5
Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Pallacanestro Trieste
Participant in 2
1972 Summer Olympics, 1971 Pan American Games
Position played on team / speciality 2
power forward, center
Country for sport 1
United States
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Drafted by 1
Atlanta Hawks
Educated at 1
University of Houston
Family name 1
Jones
Instance of 1
human
League or competition 1
National Basketball Association
Native language 1
English
Occupation 1
basketball player
Place of birth 1
Houston
Place of death 1
The Woodlands
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
basketball
Sports discipline competed in 1
basketball
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Summary

Dwight Jones was born on February 27, 1952[1], in Houston[2]. He died on July 25, 2016[3], in The Woodlands[4]. He worked as a basketball player[5].

FAQs

Where was Dwight Jones born?

Dwight Jones was born in Houston[2].

Where did Dwight Jones die?

Dwight Jones passed away in The Woodlands[4].

What did Dwight Jones do for work?

Dwight Jones worked as a basketball player[5].

Where did Dwight Jones go to school?

Dwight Jones was educated at Wheatley High School[9] and University of Houston[10].

Related Entities

United States University of Houston

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . RealGM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [6] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . basketusa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → basketball
    Height → 208 centimetre
    Place of birth → Houston
    End of work period → 1984
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