Joseph Henry White (November 16, 1946 – January 16, 2018) was an American professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player. As an amateur, he played basketball at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...

, where he was named a second-team All-American twice. White was part of the U.S. men's basketball team during the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

, winning a gold medal with the team. In the

1969 NBA draft The 1969 NBA draft was the 23rd annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 7 and May 7, 1969, before the 1969–70 season. In this draft, fourteen NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college ba ...

, White was drafted 9th overall by the Boston Celtics, with whom he would play for ten seasons, winning the NBA Finals in 1974 and 1976 and being named Finals MVP the latter year. A seven-time

NBA All-Star The National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game. It is the main event of the NBA All-Star Weekend. Originally, the All-Star Game featured a conference-based format, featuring a team composed of ...

, White set a Celtics record with 488 consecutive games played. White's No. 10 jersey was retired by the Celtics in 1982. In 2015, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Early life and amateur career

White was born in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

, the son of a Baptist minister, George L. White Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth Rebecca Guynn. As the youngest of seven children, he had three elder sisters; Shirley, Adlean, and Irene, and three elder brothers, George, Dewitt and Ronald. He started playing basketball at six and found sports to be a key platform for his community. As a child, he followed the

St. Louis Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at ...

College

Due to his age, White was eligible to play

college basketball In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...

a semester early at the

, and team captain Riney Lochmann led a vote to determine that White would be welcomed by the players. White joined the team in mid-season, enjoyed immediate success, and entered the NCAA tournament. They played dominantly but encountered a physical

Texas Western The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stud ...

squad, now known as

University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stud ...

, in the Midwest regional final. During the first

overtime Overtime is the amount of time someone works beyond normal working hours. The term is also used for the pay received for this time. Normal hours may be determined in several ways: *by custom (what is considered healthy or reasonable by society) ...

, White took and made a shot (a 35-foot runner) as the buzzer sounded, but he was ruled out of bounds by referee Rudy Marich. The team lost this thriller in the second overtime to Texas Western, who went on to win the championship. The game against Texas Western was featured in the 2006 film ''

Glory Road ''Glory Road'' is a science fantasy novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (July – September 1963) and published in hardcover the same year. It was nominated for ...

'', which was about the 1966 Texas Western team. White became a leader of the team, and made the consensus NCAA All-American Second Team in 1968 and 1969. He made the All-Big Eight team the three subsequent years (1967–1969) Due to his early enrollment, White had only one semester of eligibility and Head Coach Ted Owens opted to have White play for the 18 games in the first semester rather than eight in the second. He graduated with a degree in physical education.

Olympics

After college, White played on the 1968 USA Olympic basketball team in Mexico City, Mexico. The team was not expected to win the gold medal due to many future Basketball Hall of Fame players either declining to participate (e.g.

Lew Alcindor Lew or LEW may refer to: People * Lew (given name) * Lew (surname) Places * Lew, Oxfordshire, England * River Lew, in Devon, England Transport * LEW Hennigsdorf, a rail vehicle factory in Hennigsdorf, Germany * Lew (locomotive), a British n ...

Elvin Hayes Elvin Ernest Hayes (born November 17, 1945), nicknamed "the Big E", is an American former professional basketball player and radio analyst for his alma-mater Houston Cougars. He is a member of the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams, and a ...

) or not being chosen (e.g.

Pete Maravich Peter Press Maravich ( ; June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988), known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player. Maravich was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, and raised i ...

Calvin Murphy Calvin Jerome Murphy (born May 9, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player who after a prolific collegiate career at Niagara, where he averaged 33.1 points per game over his three years, played in the National Basketball Assoc ...

Dan Issel Daniel Paul Issel (born October 25, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. An outstanding collegian at the University of Kentucky, Issel was twice named an All-American en route to a school-record 25.7 points per ...

). The U.S. Olympic Basketball Committee limited four roster spots from the

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

, two from the AAU, three from the Armed Forces, one from Junior College (

Spencer Haywood Spencer Haywood (born April 22, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player and Olympic gold medalist. Haywood is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2015. High school career In 1964, Hayw ...

), and two for NAIA. The U.S. men's team, led by White and Haywood unexpectedly went undefeated (9–0), beating

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

65–50 in the title game. White described his reaction: This victory was the last in a streak of seven consecutive gold medals for the United States men's team.

Professional career

After the Olympics, White was drafted in

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

in the first round (9th pick overall) by the NBA's Boston Celtics, who at that time had just won their 11th

championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

in 13 years. There was some reluctance during the time of the draft as White had a mandatory two-year military commitment with the US Marine Corps. Then Boston general manager,

Red Auerbach Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American professional basketball coach and executive. He served as a head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Boston Celtics. ...

, was able to shorten White's commitment and allow him to participate in the 1969–70 NBA season. He later stated that his short stint helped him prepare for his first Celtics training camp, However, before White even reported to training camp, the Celtics' center and player-coach

Bill Russell William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Va ...

announced his retirement and cut ties to the organization. The Celtic's long-time shooting guard Sam Jones also ended his career, requiring White to replace those duties. With the sudden departure of Russell and Jones, White endured a rebuilding season during which the franchise experienced their first losing season (34–48) since 1950, the year before Red Auerbach was hired. White made the All-NBA rookie team during the

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

season. The Celtics got back on track by drafting

Dave Cowens David William Cowens ( ; born October 25, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player and NBA head coach. At , he played the center position and occasionally played power forward. Cowens spent most of his playing career with the B ...

, trading for

Paul Silas Paul Theron Silas (July 12, 1943 – December 10, 2022) was an American professional basketball player and head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he was a two-time NBA All-Star and earned five selections to the N ...

, retaining veteran

John Havlicek John Joseph Havlicek ( ; April 8, 1940 – April 25, 2019) was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA championships, four of them coming in his first four seasons with ...

, and hiring coach

Tommy Heinsohn Thomas William Heinsohn (August 26, 1934 – November 9, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. He was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for six decades as a player, coach and broadcast ...

. With White leading the attack from the point guard position, the team returned to its winning ways in 1971. He was an All-Star for seven straight years from 1971 through

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

, finishing in the top ten in the league in assists from

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

–

. In 1972, he participated in the now-defunct NBA One-on-One 16-man tournament where he reached the championship (which occurred during halftime of Game 5 of the Finals) and faced 6'11" Detroit Piston

Bob Lanier Robert Jerry Lanier Jr. (September 10, 1948 – May 10, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who was a center for the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lanier was inducted in ...

, who used his eight-inch height advantage to win the $15,000 prize. In 1974, White and the Celtics reached the

1974 NBA Finals The 1974 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1973–74 National Basketball Association (NBA) season. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeated the Western Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks 4 games to ...

. They faced the

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...

who were returning with their championship-winning core from the

1971 NBA Finals The 1971 NBA Finals was the championship series played at the conclusion of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 25th anniversary season of 1970–71. The Western Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks, who were founded as an expansion ...

, including future Hall of Fame members

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or Kerim) ( ar, کریم) is a common given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honorable". It is also one of the Names of God in Islam in the Quran. Given name Karim * Karim A ...

and

Oscar Robertson Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), nicknamed "the Big O", is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Robertson playe ...

. With the Bucks' starting point guard,

Lucius Allen Lucius Oliver Allen, Jr. (born September 26, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player. He is one of only a select few players to have won at least one state championship, collegiate national championship, and NBA championship. ...

, injured at the onset of the playoffs, White led a small, quick line-up featuring undersized, All-Star Cowens at center, to the first Celtics championship in the Post-Russell era. The following season, White led the Celtics in minutes in a season where they finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division with a 60–22 record but lost the Eastern Conference Finals. In

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

, White was part of a dominant Celtics squad which featured 5 veterans averaging double-digit scoring. During the playoffs, White led the Celtics to the NBA championship and was a starring player in what is often referred to as "the greatest game ever played" in NBA history. In the triple overtime win against the Phoenix Suns in game 5 of those finals, White was the game's high scorer with 33 points, had a game high 9 assists, leading the Celtics to a 128–126 win. Logging 60 minutes of play time, only the Suns'

Garfield Heard Garfield Heard (born May 3, 1948) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at the University of Oklahoma and was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the third round of the 1970 NBA draft. He had a ...

(61) played more minutes. White was named the most valuable player of the

1976 NBA Finals The 1976 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round for the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1975–76 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeated the West ...

. White went on to become one of professional basketball's first "iron men", playing in all 82 games for five consecutive seasons during the 1970s and setting a franchise record of 488 consecutive games played. White suffered an injury during the 1977–78 season. With the end of the streak, White and the aging Celtics became a less effective squad and followed their championship with an exit from playoff semifinals in 1977 and then two losing seasons. Unable to retain his all-star form following the injury, White was traded by the Celtics to the Golden State Warriors in the middle of the

1978–79 NBA season The 1978–79 NBA season was the 33rd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Seattle SuperSonics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Washington Bullets 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals, a rematch of the previ ...

. ''

Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...

'' writer

Bob Ryan Robert P. Ryan (born February 21, 1946) is an American sportswriter, formerly with ''The Boston Globe'', and author. He has been described as "the quintessential American sportswriter" and a basketball guru, and is well known for his coverage of ...

described the tension leading to the White's trade from Boston. White retired as a player after

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

with the

Kansas City Kings The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference Pacific Division ( ...

. He returned to the Jayhawks as an assistant coach from 1982–83. In 1987 at the age of 41, White attempted a professional comeback as a player-assistant coach with the

Topeka Sizzlers The Topeka Sizzlers, originally the Kansas City Sizzlers, were a professional basketball team based in Kansas City, Missouri from 1985 to 1986 until they relocated to Topeka, Kansas where they played from 1986 to 1990. The Sizzlers were members o ...

of the Continental Basketball Association.

Legacy

On Friday, April 9, 1982, his number 10 was hung from the rafters at the

Boston Garden The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928, as "Boston Madison Square Garden" (lat ...

. He was in the top 100 in the NBA for career total field goals made, field goals attempted, assists, free throw percentage, minutes per game, and defensive rating. He made the All-NBA Second Team in the 1974–75 and 1976–77 NBA seasons. White was director of special projects and community relations with the Celtics at the time of his death. In 1991 White was welcomed into the Missouri Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. His jersey was retired by the Kansas Jayhawks in 2003. He was inducted in the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame with the class of 2009. He also joined the 2013 class of the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame. White was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class in September 2015. He was inducted alongside his former coach, Tom Heinsohn, and was formally introduced into the Hall by fellow Celtics

and Dave Cowens. Previous to his induction in 2015, White's long exclusion from the Basketball Hall of Fame was a common topic when discussing players who have long been eligible but have not been inducted, with most writers believing his entry has been long delayed. One writer in 2012 went as far as to declare a Jo Jo White Threshold as a marker for viability among future candidates.

Personal life

Family

White was born with six older brothers and sisters. He was married twice, secondly to Deborah White and previously to Estelle Bowser. The retired Major League Baseball player

Chris Chambliss Carroll Christopher Chambliss (born December 26, 1948) is an American professional baseball player and coach (baseball), coach. He played in Major League Baseball from to for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves. He served ...

was a cousin of White's. In 1985, White moved to Rochester, NY where he owned and operated a couple of McDonald's restaurants until the early 1990s. In 2009, White and his wife opened a restaurant, JoJo's West, in

Maynard, Massachusetts Maynard is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is located 22 miles west of Boston, in the MetroWest and Greater Boston region of Massachusetts and borders Acton, Concord, Stow and Sudbury. The town's population ...

, which declared bankruptcy and closed in 2010 with criminal allegations and litigation against restaurant partner Chris Barnes.

In media

White appeared in two movies with small roles: 1980's '' Inside Moves'' and 2007's '' The Game Plan'', in which his son, actor

Brian J. White Brian Joseph White (born April 21, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as ''The Family Stone'' (2005), '' The Game Plan'' (2007), '' 12 Rounds'' (2009), '' I Can Do Bad All by Myself'' (2009), ''Good Deeds'' ( ...

, also starred. His controversial 1966 NCAA Tournament Elite 8 game against Texas Western is portrayed in the 2006 film ''

''. In 2010, White underwent a procedure to remove a tumor on the back of his brain. To assist his recovery, his attorney elicited memories from White and authored a subsequent biography ''Make it Count'' that was released in 2012. Then–Boston Celtics Coach

Doc Rivers Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13, 1961) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing for Marquette Universit ...

remarked: In September 2012, White started the Jo Jo White Foundation to provide support for brain cancer research. He also previously led the Jo Jo White Growth League for children in middle school starting in 1994.

Death

White died in Boston on January 16, 2018, from complications of his dementia, specifically pneumonia, which was brought on when he had a benign brain tumor removed. The Boston Celtics honored his death with a black stripe stitched onto their jerseys for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

, - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

, 60 , , – , , 22.1 , , .452 , , – , , .822 , , 2.8 , , 2.4 , , – , , – , , 12.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 75 , , – , , 37.2 , , .464 , , – , , .799 , , 5.0 , , 4.8 , , – , , – , , 21.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 79 , , – , , 41.3 , , .431 , , – , , .831 , , 5.6 , , 5.3 , , – , , – , , 23.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, style="background:#cfecec;", 82* , , – , , 39.6 , , .431 , , – , , .781 , , 5.0 , , 6.1 , , – , , – , , 19.7 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", † , style="text-align:left;",

, style="background:#cfecec;", 82* , , – , , 39.5 , , .449 , , – , , .837 , , 4.3 , , 5.5 , , 1.3 , , 0.3 , , 18.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 82 , , – , , 39.3 , , .457 , , – , , .834 , , 3.8 , , 5.6 , , 1.6 , , 0.2 , , 18.3 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", † , style="text-align:left;",

, 82 , , – , , 39.7 , , .449 , , – , , .838 , , 3.8 , , 5.4 , , 1.3 , , 0.2 , , 18.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 82 , , – , , 40.6 , , .429 , , – , , .869 , , 4.7 , , 6.0 , , 1.4 , , 0.3 , , 19.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 46 , , – , , 35.7 , , .419 , , – , , .858 , , 3.9 , , 4.5 , , 1.1 , , 0.2 , , 14.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 47 , , – , , 31.0 , , .428 , , – , , .888 , , 2.7 , , 4.6 , , 1.1 , , 0.1 , , 12.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Golden State , 29 , , – , , 30.4 , , .475 , , – , , .870 , , 2.5 , , 4.6 , , 0.9 , , 0.1 , , 12.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Golden State , 78 , , – , , 26.3 , , .476 , , .167 , , .851 , , 2.3 , , 3.1 , , 1.1 , , 0.2 , , 9.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Kansas City , 13 , , – , , 18.2 , , .439 , , – , , .611 , , 1.6 , , 2.8 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 6.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 837 , , – , , 35.8 , , .444 , , .167 , , .834 , , 4.0 , , 4.9 , , 1.3 , , 0.2 , , 17.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", All-Star , 7 , , 0 , , 17.7 , , .483 , , – , , .545 , , 3.9 , , 3.0 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 9.1

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;",

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 11, , –, , 39.3, , .495, , –, , .833, , 5.4, , 5.3, , –, , –, , 23.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;",

, 13, , –, , 44.8, , .450, , –, , .907, , 4.2, , 6.4, , –, , –, , 24.5 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", 1974† , style="text-align:left;",

, 18, , –, , 42.5, , .426, , –, , .739, , 4.2, , 5.4, , 0.8, , 0.1, , 16.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 11, , –, , 42.0, , .441, , –, , .818, , 4.5, , 5.7, , 1.0, , 0.4, , 20.6 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;",

† , style="text-align:left;",

, 18, , –, , 43.9, , .445, , –, , .821, , 3.9, , 5.4, , 1.3, , 0.1, , 22.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;",

, 9, , –, , 43.9, , .453, , –, , .848, , 4.3, , 5.8, , 1.6, , 0.0, , 23.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 80 , , – , , 42.9 , , .449 , , – , , .828 , , 4.4 , , 5.7 , , 1.1 , , 0.1 , , 21.5

College

, - , 1965–66, , Kansas, , 9, , , , , , .393, , , , .538, , 7.6, , , , , , , , 11.3 , - , 1966–67, , Kansas, , 27, , , , , , .409, , , , .819, , 5.6, , , , , , , , 14.8 , - , 1967–68, , Kansas, , 30, , , , , , .407, , , , .722, , 3.6, , , , , , , , 15.3 , - , 1968–69, , Kansas, , 18, , , , , , .469, , , , .734, , 4.7, , , , , , , , 18.1 , - , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career, , 84, , , , , , .420, , , , .733, , 4.9, , , , , , , , 15.3

References

Bibliography

External links

Jo Jo White Official Website

* {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Jo Jo 1946 births 2018 deaths African-American basketball players All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1967 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Basketball players from St. Louis Boston Celtics draft picks Boston Celtics players Deaths from pneumonia in Massachusetts Golden State Warriors players Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball coaches Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Military personnel from Missouri Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees National Basketball Association All-Stars National Basketball Association players with retired numbers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in basketball Point guards United States Marines United States men's national basketball team players Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people

Early life and amateur career

College

Olympics

Professional career

Legacy

Personal life

Family

In media

Death

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

Playoffs

College

See also

References

Bibliography

External links