Artis Gilmore

Artis Gilmore
	Gilmore in 2011
Personal information
Born	September 21, 1949; Chipley, Florida, U.S.
Listed height	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school	T. J. Roulhac (Chipley, Florida); Carver (Dothan, Alabama);
College	Gardner–Webb (1967–1969); Jacksonville (1969–1971);
NBA draft	1971: 7th round, 117th overall pick
Drafted by	Chicago Bulls
Playing career	1971–1989
Position	Center
Number	53
Career history
1971–1976	Kentucky Colonels
1976–1982	Chicago Bulls
1982–1987	San Antonio Spurs
1987	Chicago Bulls
1988	Boston Celtics
1988–1989	Arimo Bologna
Career highlights
	ABA champion (1975); ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player (1975); ABA Most Valuable Player (1972); 6× NBA All-Star (1978, 1979, 1981–1983, 1986); 5× ABA All-Star (1972–1976); ABA All-Star Game MVP (1974); 5× All-ABA First Team (1972–1976); 4× ABA All-Defensive First Team (1973–1976); NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1978); ABA Rookie of the Year (1972); ABA All-Rookie First Team (1972); 4× ABA rebounding champion (1972–1974, 1976); ABA All-Time Team; Consensus first-team All-American (1971); Second-team All-American – AP, NABC, UPI (1970); 2× NCAA rebounding leader (1970, 1971); No. 53 retired by Jacksonville Dolphins; Third-team Parade All-American (1967);
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points	24,941 (18.8 ppg)
Rebounds	16,330 (12.3 rpg)
Blocks	3,178 (2.4 bpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Basketball Hall of Fame

Artis Gilmore Sr. (born September 21, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). Gilmore was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

A star center in his two years of college basketball at Jacksonville University, Gilmore led the Dolphins to the NCAA Division I championship game in 1970, where his team was beaten 80–69 by the UCLA Bruins. Gilmore remains the top player in rebounds per game in Division I history.

Gilmore was drafted in both the ABA draft by the Kentucky Colonels and the NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls in 1971. He signed with the Colonels and immediately became one of the most dominant players in the league. In his first season, he won the ABA Rookie of the Year and the ABA Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards. He was an ABA All-Star in all five seasons he played in the league. He was the Playoffs MVP of the 1975 ABA playoffs, recording 28 points and 31 rebounds in the decisive Game 5 for his first and only championship. In the 1976 ABA dispersal draft, which dispersed the players in teams not making the NBA such as the Colonels, Gilmore was moved to the Chicago Bulls. During his career, Gilmore was an 11-time All-Star, the ABA Rookie of the Year, and an ABA Most Valuable Player (MVP). Nicknamed "The A-Train", the 7-foot-2-inch (2.18 m) Gilmore once played in 670 consecutive games. Gilmore would play for the Bulls, the San Antonio Spurs, and Boston Celtics before departing the NBA in 1988; he closed his career out with Arimo Bolonga, playing from 1988 to 1989.