During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Murrey wore only jersey No. 41 and put up 6.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
The Oklahoma City Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics before them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by the players who have suited up for the franchise since its founding at the start of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Thunder Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.
And while those Supersonics jerseys may not remain part of the franchise history should a new team be established in Seattle as was the case with the return of the Charlotte Hornets, they are part of the Thunder's history today.
For this article, we continue with the 39th jersey number in the series, jersey No. 41, with five players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.
The first of those players who did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, big man alum Dorie Murrey. After ending his college career at Detroit Mercy, Murrey was picked up with the 12th overall selection of the 1966 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons.
The Detroit native would play the first season of his pro career with the Pistons, ending when he was drafted by Seattle from Detroit in the 1967 expansion draft. His stay with the team would span three seasons before he'd be taken in another expansion draft, this time in 1970 for the Portland Trail Blazers.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Murrey wore only jersey No. 41 and put up 6.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 41 - Dorie Murrey (1967-70)
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