George Gervin

One of the greatest scorers in the history of the National Basketball Association, George Gervin played 14 seasons of professional basketball with the San Antonio Spurs and with the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association.

Known as “The Iceman” during his career, he was a nine-time NBA All-Star and a five time first-team All-NBA selection. He won his first of four NBA scoring titles in 1978, averaging 27.3 points per game and setting a number of league and club records. Gervin repeated as NBA scoring champion in 1979 and 1980 and won the Conference finals. His accomplishments include a Spurs record of 407 straight games in double figures, an NBA record 33 points in one quarter in 1978 and current rankings in a number of All-Time NBA and NBA-ABA scoring categories.

Gervin scored 26,595 in his pro career, 23,602 points in his 12 San Antonio seasons and held more than 50 club records when he left the Spurs after the 1984-85 season. His #44 was retired by the Spurs on December 5, 1987. Gervin is a native of Detroit and played at Eastern Michigan University before turning pro in 1972. In 1991 he founded the George Gervin youth center in San Antonio to assist low-income youth in finding job opportunities.