RON BOONE ABA American Basketball Association All-Time Team Trophy AWARD LOA

Description

Ron Boone was a guard in the ABA and NBA out of Idaho State from 1968-81 for the Dallas/Texas Chaparrals, Utah Stars, Spirits of St. Louis, Kansas City Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Utah Jazz.
Some of his career highlights include:
•    ABA champion (1971)
•    4× ABA All-Star (1971, 1974–1976)
•    ABA All-Rookie First Team (1969)
•    All-ABA First Team (1974)
•    All-ABA Second Team (1975)
•    ABA All-Time Team
•    1041 consecutive games streak in professional basketball, never missing a game in my professional career in both the ABA and NBA
•    3rd in all-time scoring in the ABA with 12,153 points
•    Utah Jazz broadcaster for the past 30 plus years
About 1,041 consecutive games streak
Boone's streak of 1,041 consecutive games played has only been surpassed by AC Green appearing in 1,192 straight games. Johnny "Red" Kerr held the previous record of 844. Boone is likely the only player in major professional sports history to never to miss a single game in his career. In 13 total seasons, Boone played in 1,041 out of 1,041 possible games. Prior to that, Boone did not miss a game in college and claimed to have not missed a game in his pre-high school and high school career. Boone has never missed a game as a broadcaster as well.
Of Note
Boone finished 3rd all-time in American Basketball Association scoring with 12,153 points, behind Dan Issel (12,823) and Louie Dampier (13,726). He also finished 6th all-time in ABA assists (2,569), 5th in games played (662), 5th in minutes played (21,586), 2nd in personal fouls (2,245), and 1st in turnovers (2,327). Of the top five leading scorers in ABA history: Dampier, Issel, Boone, Mel Daniels and Julius Erving, Boone is the only one of the five not in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
ABOUT THE AWARD
The highlight of the 1997 ABA Reunion in Indianapolis was the formal presentation of the 30 man All-Time ABA Team (as selected by a special panel of 50 former ABA sportswriters, referees, broadcasters and fans). In addition, the All-Time ABA MVP Award was given to Julius Erving, and the All-Time ABA Coach award was given to Slick Leonard. Finally, the Biggest ABA Afro Award was given to Darnell Hillman, and the All-Time ABA Cry-Baby Award went to an absent Rick Barry. This award stands 12” tall featuring a ¼” thick x 8” high piece of glass atop a heavy black base. The glass has a basketball etched on it. On the base is “AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION 30 MAN ALL-TIME TEAM RON BOONE” in gold lettering along with “AUGUST 22-23, 1997 INDIANAPOLIS, IN”. It is in overall Excellent condition. Based on our research, this is only the 4th trophy from this event to ever be offered for public sale.
LOA - Ron Boone
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