The Houston Rockets have had players donning a total of 52 different jersey numbers (and have one not part of any numerical series for Houston assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson) since their founding at the start of the 1967-68 season, worn by just under 500 players in the course of Rockets history.
To honor all of the players who wore those numbers over the decades, Rockets Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who wore them since the founding of the team all those years ago right up to the present day.
With seven of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Rockets of all time to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today’s article, we will continue with the first of 18 who wore the No. 20, forward alum Dave Gambee. After ending his college career at Oregon State, was picked up with the seventh overall selection of the 1958 NBA Draft by the (then) St. Louis (now, Atlanta) Hawks.
The Portland, Oregon native also played for the (then) Cincinnati Royals (now, Sacramento Kings), (then) Syracuse Nationals (now, Philadelphia 76ers), and Philadelphia 76ers before he was drafted by the (then) San Diego (now, Houston) Rockets in the 1967 NBA expansion draft. His stay with the team lasted until he was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1968 expansion draft.
During his time suiting up for the Rockets, Gambee wore only jersey No. 20 and put up 13.4 points, 5.8 assists, and 1.2 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Rockets Wire: Houston Rockets jersey history No. 20 – Dave Gambee (1967-68)
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