The Golden State Warriors have had over 600 players don the more than 60 jersey numbers used by their players over the more than 75 years of existence the team has enjoyed in its rich and storied history.
Founded in 1946 during the Basketball Association of America (BAA — a precursor league of the NBA) era, the team has called home the cities of Philadelphia, San Francisco, Oakland, and even San Diego.
To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Warriors Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team. For this article, we begin with the third of 23 players who wore the No. 11 jersey for the Warriors.
That player would be Golden State wing alum Freddie Lewis. After ending his college career at Eastern Kentucky University, Lewis joined the (defunct) Indianapolis Jets in 1948.
The Brooklyn, New York native also played for the (also defunct) Baltimore Bullets before signing with the (then) Philadelphia (now, Golden State) Warriors in 1949 for his last stop in the league, a tenure of just 16 games.
During his time suiting up for the Warriors, Lewis wore only jersey No. 11 and put up 3.4 points per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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