Bullets’ Ricky Sobers is one of 15 players born on Jan. 15.
With over 5,000 players in NBA history, at least one player was born on every day of the calendar year – including three leap-day ballers. Our day-by-day breakdown of the players born on each day of the year continues.
Below are the most notable NBA players born on Jan. 15.
Bob Davies (1920)
Davies led Seton Hall to 43-straight wins during a sensational college career, and he went to the Navy after that. After World War II, Davies joined the Rochester Royals in 1948, making four All-Star appearances in his seven-year NBA career. He finished First-Team All-NBA three times, winning a championship with the Royals in 1951. Davies also led the league in assists in 1948, dishing out 5.4 assists in a remarkable rookie season. He retired in 1955 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1970.
Want to see every NBA player born on January 15? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Cliff Barker (January 15, 1921)
- Joe Graboski (Janaury 15, 1930)
- Jim Hadnot (January 15, 1940)
- Al Smith (January 15, 1947)
- Fred Hilton (January 15, 1948)
- Nate Hawthorne (January 15, 1950)
- Bobby Wilson (January 15, 1951)
- Ernie DiGregorio (January 15, 1951)
- Ricky Sobers (January 15, 1953)
- Roger Powell (January 15, 1983)
- Pavel Podkolzin (January 15, 1985)
- Donald Sloan (January 15, 1988)
- Kadeem Allen (January 15, 1993)
- George King (January 15, 1994)
