During his time suiting up for the Warriors, Hillhouse wore only jersey No. 18 and put up 5.9 points per game.
The Golden State Warriors have had over 600 players don the more than 60 jersey numbers used by their players over the more than 75 years of existence the team has enjoyed in its rich and storied history.
Founded in 1946 during the Basketball Association of America (BAA -- a precursor league of the NBA) era, the team has called home the cities of Philadelphia, San Francisco, Oakland, and even San Diego.
To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Warriors Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team. For this article, we begin with the first of 16 players who wore the No. 18 jersey for the Warriors.
That player would be Golden State big man alum Art Hillhouse. After ending his college career at LIU, Hillhouse joined the (then) Philadelphia (now, Golden State) Warriors in their (and the BAA's) first-ever season of existence, 1946.
The Rutherford, New Jersey native would play the only two seasons of his BAA career with the Dubs, retiring from the league afterward.
During his time suiting up for the Warriors, Hillhouse wore only jersey No. 18 and put up 5.9 points per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Warriors Wire: Warriors jersey history - No. 18 - Art Hillhouse (1946-48)
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