Robin Dale Jones (February 2, 1954 – July 16, 2018) was an American professional

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player. He played

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for Saint Louis. Jones was born in

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. He spent two seasons in the NBA, signing as a free agent with the

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in 1976. There he came off the bench, playing in 63 games, to help the team to their first ever league title in 1977. The following season, he moved to the

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where he played only 12 games. Jones then spent 5 years playing in

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before returning to the United States where he worked in marketing for

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. In 1995, he suffered a stroke and retired from Anheuser-Busch the next year as

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director of marketing. Jones died on July 16, 2018, in

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Career statistics

NBA

Source

Regular season

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Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

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Playoffs

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1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, 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 (no ...

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References

External links

Robin Jones Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com
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