Lucious Jackson was named an NBA All-Star in 1965, and won an NBA championship with the 76ers in 1967.
13 Facts About Lucious Jackson
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Lucious Jackson was born on October 31,1941, in San Marcos, Texas, and his family moved to Bastrop, Louisiana, when he was in high school because San Marcos would not allow him to play for their all-white basketball team.
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Lucious Jackson attended Pan American College and played college basketball for the Pan American Broncs.
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Lucious Jackson won the Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award in the NAIA Men's Basketball Championships in 1963 and 1964.
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Lucious Jackson played for the United States men's national basketball team at the 1963 Pan American Games and the 1963 FIBA World Championship.
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Lucious Jackson was a member of the US Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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Lucious Jackson played eight seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
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Lucious Jackson scored 13 points and had 21 rebounds in the title-clinching game over the San Francisco Warriors in the 1967 NBA Finals.
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Lucious Jackson missed time during the season with an Achilles injury and a collapsed lung.
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Lucious Jackson continued to experience chronic injuries to his left foot, including a tendon and a toe bone.
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Lucious Jackson finished his degree at Pan American University and worked for the Beaumont Parks and Recreation Department starting in 1975.
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Nicole and Andrea played for the University of North Texas and Lucious Jackson III played for Syracuse University.
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Lucious Jackson died from heart failure in Houston, Texas, on October 12,2022, at the age of 80.