Golden State Warriors jersey history - No. 17 - Thomas Wilson (1970)
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 seventh of nine players who wore the No. 17 jersey for the Warriors.
That player would be Golden State guard alum Thomas Wilson. After ending his college career at Western Carolina University, Wilson was picked up with the 101st overall selection (there were many more rounds in that era of the draft) of the 1978 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors.
The Gastonia, North Carolina native played just 16 games before leaving the league for good in 1979.
During his time suiting up for the Warriors, Wilson wore only jersey No. 17 and put up 1.1 points and 1.0 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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