K. C. Jones

K. C. Jones if one of seven American men to have played on an Olympic champion, an NCAA champion, and an NBA champion, and is one of the most titled players in basketball history. Jones’ career began at the University of San Francisco, which won NCAA titles in 1955 and 1956 – although Jones missed the 1956 tourney due to an eligibility technicality. After college he played for nine years in the NBA, the first eight of which saw his Boston Celtics win the NBA Championship. He his entire college, Olympic, and professional career as a teammate of Bill Russell, and although Russell was often given credit for all the championships, K. C. Jones was the exact same type of player. He was the ultimate team player and a defensive stalwart, playing in the NBA thru 1967, always with the Celtics. Jones later became a coach in the NBA from 1972 thru 1991, winning NBA Championships with the Celtics in 1984 and 1986. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.