Tony Jackson (basketball, born 1942)

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Tony Jackson

| image =

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| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|11|07}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|10|28|1942|11|07}}

| death_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| high_school = Thomas Jefferson
(Brooklyn, New York)

| college = St. John's (1958–1961)

| draft_year = 1961

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 24

| draft_team = New York Knicks

| career_start = 1961

| career_end = 1969

| career_number = 24, 25

| career_position = Small forward / shooting guard

| years1 = 1961–1963

| team1 = Chicago Majors

| years2 = 1967–1968

| team2 = New Jersey Americans / New York Nets

| years3 = 1968

| team3 = Minnesota Pipers

| years5 = 1968–1969

| team5 = Houston Mavericks

| highlights =

ABA All-Star (1968)
2× Consensus second-team All-American (1960, 1961)
Third-team All-American – NABC (1959)
National Invitation Tournament MVP (1959)
Haggerty Award (1961)
No. 24 retired by St. John's
First-team Parade All-American (1957)

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}}

Tony B. Jackson (November 7, 1942 – October 28, 2005) was an American professional basketball player.

Jackson was born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.{{cite web| url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jacksto01.html| title = Tony Jackson Stats {{!}} Basketball-Reference.com}} A standout player under coach Joe Lapchick at St. John's University from 1958 to 1961, Jackson was six feet, four inches tall and played two seasons in the American Basketball League and two seasons in the American Basketball Association.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/sports/ncaabasketball/02jackson.html | work=The New York Times | title=Tony Jackson, 65, Who Led St. John's Basketball, Dies | first=Richard | last=Goldstein | date=November 2, 2005 | accessdate=May 25, 2010}} Jackson scored 53 points (including 12 three-point baskets) while playing for the Chicago Majors of the ABL on March 14, 1962. He died of cancer in 2005 in Brooklyn.

File:St. John's retired numbers 21,21,21, and 24.jpg

Jackson, Connie Hawkins, Doug Moe, and Roger Brown were indicted in the 1962 NCAA basketball point shaving scandals involving Jack Molinas and banned from the NBA for life by then-NBA commissioner Walter Kennedy.

{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958008,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022045434/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958008,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 22, 2010 | magazine=Time | title=Essay: Did Pete Rose Do It? What Are the Odds? | date=June 26, 1989 | accessdate=May 25, 2010 | first=Tom | last=Callahan}}{{cite web| url = https://www.espn.com/classic/s/basketball_scandals_molinas.html| title = ESPN Classic - Explosion II: The Molinas period}}

Jackson participated in the 1968 ABA All-Star Game and holds the ABA record for free throws in a single game with 24.{{cite book | title = The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia | publisher = Villard Books | year = 1994 | isbn = 0-679-43293-0 | page = 208}}