Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones
School:
Height:
6-4
Position:
Forward/Center
Hometown:
Harlan, KY
- NCAA consensus second-team All-American in 1949
- All-American Recognition: 1947 (Converse 2nd Team), 1948 (Converse 3rd Team) and 1949 (Converse 1st Team, UP1, Associated Press 2nd Team)
- Third-leading scorer for back-to-back NCAA Tournament champions in 1948 (36-3 record) and 1949 (32-2)
- Averaged 9.7 points in six NCAA Tournament games in 1948 and 1949 (6-0 record)
- Averaged 9.9 points in seven NIT games in 1946, 1947 and 1949 (5-2 record)
- Member of 1948 U.S. Olympic team (7.2 ppg)
- Selected by the Washington Capitols in 1949 BAA draft. One of five former Kentucky players who obtained a franchise in the National Basketball League in 1949 before the BAA and NBL merged to form the NBA
- Seventh-round choice by the Chicago Bears in the 1949 NFL draft.