Artis Gilmore Nicknames: "The Big A," "The A-Train" Ht. 7-2 Wt. 240 College - Jacksonville ABA Team: Kentucky (1971-72 through 1975-76) 2011 Inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. All-American at Jacksonville. ABA Rookie of the Year in 71-72. ABA All-Rookie Team in 1972. ABA League MVP in 71-72. Led ABA in Field Goal Percentage in 71-72 and 72-73. Led ABA in Rebounds 4 times: 71-72 (17.8 rpg), 72-73 (17.5 rpg), 73-74 (18.3 rpg), and 75-76 (15.5 rpg). ABA All-Time Career Field Goal Percentage Leader with .557 mark. ABA All-Time Leader for Blocked Shots in a career with 750 and in one season with 287 in 73-74 campaign. ABA All-Time Leader for Rebounds in 1 game with 40 vs. New York on 2-3-74. 5-Time member of ABA All-Pro team. Member of 74-75 Kentucky Colonels Championship team. Unanimous Selection to ABA 30 Man All-Time Team. From Jim O'Brien's 1972-73 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball: Dave Vance was walking across the floor of Freedom Hall with Gilmore after the Colonels had signed him. Vance wanted some publicity shots. Artis told him he couldn't jump too high because he'd sprained his ankle. "That's too bad," said Vance, "because I wanted to get a good shot of you really slamming the ball over your shoulders." Gilmore replied, "I'll do that . . . I just can't jump too high." . . . Spent three weeks in Europe during 1972 off-season but hustled home to play in all-star game between NBA and ABA players . . . Wife's name is Enola Gay. Her parents saw a movie about bombing of Hiroshima while mother was pregnant. The name of the plane that carried the bomb was -- you guessed it -- Enola Gay . . . "Every time I walk out on the court," Gilmore told me last year, "I plan to win. When I go on the court, I feel I should get every jump ball. At a certain point I have a feeling I have to get the ball. When you're continuously getting rebounds you feel it's automatic you'll get the next one." . . . He's responsible for the ABA adopting 16-foot lane this season, same as NBA's been using . . . For 1971-72, was voted ABA Player of Year, Rookie of the Year, and starting center on All-ABA team in The Sporting News' poll of players . . . "There's just no one else like him in the league," Dan Issel says. "He's devastating. He does devastating things."
	GP	Min	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TReb	AST	PF	Stl	Blk	Pnts	RPG	APG	PPG
Career ABA Totals	420	17449	3671	6588	.557	2	7	.286	2018	3022	.668	7169	1273	1543	178	750	9362	17.1	3.0	22.3
ABA Playoff Totals	58	2478	490	876	.559	0	0	.000	296	429	.690	931	185	164	22	61	1276	16.1	3.2	22.0
ABA All-Star Totals	5	140	24	40	.600	0	0	.000	19	34	.559	59	6	23	-	-	67	11.8	1.2	13.4