NBA players born in 1939

26 NBA players on file were born in 1939. Walt Bellamy leads them with 20,941 career points. The first born in 1939 to play in the NBA were Walt Bellamy, Johnny Egan, Lee Shaffer, and Gary Phillips and 9 more, in 1961-62. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

Former NBA players born in 1939 (26)

Former NBA players born in 1939
Player	Pos	Years	Seasons	Career	Born
Walt Bellamy	C	1961–1975	14	1,043 GP · 20,941 PTS · 14,241 REB · 2,544 AST	New Bern, NC
Bill Bridges	F	1962–1975	13	926 GP · 11,012 PTS · 11,054 REB · 2,553 AST	—
Don Kojis	F	1963–1975	12	814 GP · 9,948 PTS · 4,555 REB · 1,112 AST	—
Zelmo Beaty	C	1962–1975	8	570 GP · 9,107 PTS · 5,949 REB · 839 AST	—
Larry Siegfried	G	1963–1972	9	550 GP · 5,960 PTS · 1,567 REB · 1,950 AST	—
Johnny Egan	G	1961–1972	11	712 GP · 5,521 PTS · 1,294 REB · 2,102 AST	—
John Tresvant	F	1964–1973	9	559 GP · 5,118 PTS · 3,546 REB · 806 AST	—
Lee Shaffer	F	1961–1964	3	196 GP · 3,291 PTS · 1,240 REB · 232 AST	—
Arthur Williams	G	1967–1974	7	541 GP · 2,876 PTS · 1,700 REB · 2,377 AST	—
Gary Phillips	G	1961–1966	5	348 GP · 2,319 PTS · 903 REB · 665 AST	—
Bill McGill	C	1962–1965	3	158 GP · 1,613 PTS · 611 REB · 168 AST	—
Tom Thacker	G	1963–1968	4	218 GP · 721 PTS · 522 REB · 222 AST	—
Robert Nordmann	C	1961–1965	4	133 GP · 571 PTS · 517 REB · 73 AST	—
Mel Nowell	G	1962–1963	1	39 GP · 232 PTS · 67 REB · 84 AST	—
Ronald Martin	G	1961–1962	1	66 GP · 227 PTS · 158 REB · 115 AST	—
Jack Turner	G	1961–1962	1	42 GP · 200 PTS · 85 REB · 44 AST	—
Ted Luckenbill	F	1961–1963	2	87 GP · 196 PTS · 166 REB · 35 AST	—
George Patterson	C	1967–1968	1	59 GP · 120 PTS · 159 REB · 51 AST	—
George Blaney	G	1961–1962	1	36 GP · 117 PTS · 36 REB · 45 AST	—
Dave Zeller	G	1961–1962	1	61 GP · 90 PTS · 27 REB · 58 AST	—
Tom Stith	F	1962–1963	1	25 GP · 77 PTS · 39 REB · 18 AST	—
Ed Burton	F	1961–1965	2	15 GP · 33 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST	—
Larry Comley	G	1963–1964	1	12 GP · 25 PTS · 19 REB · 12 AST	—
Bill Smith	F	1961–1962	1	9 GP · 23 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST	—
Chuck Osborne	F	1961–1962	1	4 GP · 5 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST	—
Ken Rohloff	G	1963–1964	1	2 GP · 0 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST	—

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Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: points in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.