Golden State Warriors jersey history - No. 20 - Chick Halbert (1947-48)
Founded in 1946 during the Basketball Association of America (BAA -- a precursor league of the NBA) era, the team has called home the cities of Philadelphia, San Francisco, Oakland, and even San Diego.
To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Warriors Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team. For this article, we begin with the first of 29 players who wore the No. 20 jersey for the Warriors.
That player would be Golden State big man alum Chick Halbert. After ending his college career at West Texas A&M University, Halbert joined (defunct) Chicago Stags in their (and the BAA's) first-ever season of existence, 1946.
The Albany, Texas native joined the (then) Philadelphia (now, Golden State) Warriors in 1947 for just 40 games before he'd be dealt to the Boston Celtics in 1948.
During his time suiting up for the Warriors, Halbert wore only jersey No. 20 and put up 10.5 points per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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