# Collis Jones

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{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name               = Collis Jones
| image              = 
| image_size         = 
| caption            = 
| height_ft          = 6
| height_in          = 7
| weight_lb          = 203
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1949|7|3}}
| birth_place        = [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| high_school        = [St. John's College HS](/source/St._John's_College_High_School)<br />(Washington, D.C.)
| college            = [Notre Dame](/source/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_men's_basketball) (1968–1971)
| draft_year         = 1971
| draft_round        = 1
| draft_pick         = 17
| draft_team         = [Milwaukee Bucks](/source/Milwaukee_Bucks)
| career_start       = 1971
| career_end         = 1975
| career_position    = [Small forward](/source/Small_forward) / [power forward](/source/power_forward)
| career_number      = 43, 42, 22, 13
| years1             = [1971](/source/1971%E2%80%9372_ABA_season)–[1973](/source/1972%E2%80%9373_ABA_season)
| team1              = [Dallas Chaparrals](/source/Dallas_Chaparrals)
| years2             = [1973–1974](/source/1973%E2%80%9374_ABA_season)
| team2              = [Kentucky Colonels](/source/Kentucky_Colonels)
| years3             = [1974–1975](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_ABA_season)
| team3              = [Memphis Sounds](/source/Memphis_Sounds)
| highlights         = 
}}

'''J. Collis Jones''' (born July 3, 1949) is an American former college and professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player. Born in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), he attended the [University of Notre Dame](/source/University_of_Notre_Dame), where he scored 1,367 points for an average of 16.1 points per game. He led the 1969–70 and 1970–71 squads in rebounding with averages of 12.4 and 13.1 rebounds per game, respectively. He was selected in the first round of the [1971 NBA draft](/source/1971_NBA_draft) by the [Milwaukee Bucks](/source/Milwaukee_Bucks) and also in the 1971 [American Basketball Association](/source/American_Basketball_Association) (ABA) player draft by the [Dallas Chaparrals](/source/Dallas_Chaparrals).<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071027044114/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=JONESCO01 DatabaseBasketball.com Collis Jones page]}}</ref> He played exclusively in the ABA, including for the [Kentucky Colonels](/source/Kentucky_Colonels) and [Memphis Sounds](/source/Memphis_Sounds).

==References==
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{{1971 NBA draft}}

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Category:1949 births
Category:Living people
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Washington, D.C.
Category:Dallas Chaparrals draft picks
Category:Dallas Chaparrals players
Category:Kentucky Colonels players
Category:Memphis Sounds players
Category:Milwaukee Bucks draft picks
Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players
Category:Power forwards
Category:Small forwards
Category:St. John's College High School alumni
Category:Texas Chaparrals draft picks
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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