Jake Ford

{{Short description|American basketball player (1946–1996)}} {{for|the football player|Jake Ford (gridiron football)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{One source|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jake Ford | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 180 | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|04|29}} | birth_place = Georgetown, South Carolina, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1996|5|19|1946|04|29}} | death_place = | high_school = Fifth Avenue<br/>(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) | college = {{nowrap|Maryland Eastern Shore (1966–1970)}} | draft_year = 1970 | draft_round = 2 | draft_pick = 20 | draft_team = Seattle SuperSonics | career_start = 1970 | career_end = 1972 | career_number = 33 | career_position = Point guard | years1 = {{nbay|1970|start}}–{{nbay|1971|end}} | team1 = Seattle SuperSonics | highlights = * NAIA tournament MVP (1969) | bbr = fordja01 }}

'''Jake Ford''' (April 29, 1946 – May 19, 1996)<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fordja01.html|title=Jake Ford NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=23 September 2024}}</ref> was a point guard who played in the National Basketball Association. He was drafted in the second round of the 1970 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics and played two seasons with the team. He had previously been drafted by the Cincinnati Royals in the fifth round in 1969.

==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}

===NBA=== Source<ref name=bbr/>

====Regular season==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1970}} | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | 5 || '''13.6''' || .360 || .727 || '''1.8''' || '''1.8''' || '''6.8''' |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1971}} | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | '''26''' || 7.0 || '''.500''' || '''.788''' || .4 || 1.0 || 3.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 31 || 8.0 || .462 || .764 || .6 || 1.1 || 4.1 {{s-end}}

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