BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-AMERICAN " JEROME PURCELL "JERRY" CHAMBERS " IS A RETIRED AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER WHO PLAYED AS A FORWARD : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                            BLACK                SOCIAL               HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Jerome Purcell "Jerry" Chambers (born July 18, 1943) is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'5" and 185 pounds, he played as a forward.

Chambers attended the University of Utah during the mid-1960s, winning the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player award in 1966 after his team reached the Final Four.^[1] He played four professional seasons in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Atlanta Hawks, and Buffalo Braves. In 1968, he was involved in one of the most significant transactions in NBA history when the Lakers traded him, Archie Clark and Darrall Imhoffto the Philadelphia 76ers for Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain. Chambers never played for the 76ers, who traded him to Phoenix in 1969.^[2]

From 1972 to 1974, Chambers played in the rival American Basketball Association as a member of the San Diego Conquistadors and the San Antonio Spurs. He retired with 2,667 combined NBA/ABA career points.^[3]