Artis Gilmore

Artis Gilmore is the kind of dominant big man whose name I wish more casual fans knew. At 218 cm out of Chipley, Florida, by way of Jacksonville University, he tore through both the ABA and NBA and earned his place in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. What I appreciate about Hall of Famers who spanned both leagues is that their careers double as a history lesson in how pro basketball merged and evolved. A player that tall and that productive across two eras tends to get underrated by people who only watch modern highlights, and Gilmore deserves better than that.

Name (English)

Artis Gilmore

Name (Japanese)

アーティス・ギルモア

Reading

あーてぃす・ぎるもあ

Born

September 21, 1949 (age 76)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

Origin

Chipley, Florida, United States

Height

218 cm

Occupation

basketball player

High school

George Washington Carver High School

University

Jacksonville University

• Official sitehttps://www.artisgilmore.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artis%20Gilmore
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965688

Tags

• Florida
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.