Tony B. Jackson was a professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player.

Jackson was born in the borough of Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

 in New York City

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. A standout player under coach Joe Lapchick

Joe Lapchick

Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick was a professional basketball player, mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 30s. He is commonly regarded as the best center of his era, overshadowed in his later years only by Tarzan Cooper...

 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

American Basketball League (1961-1963)

The American Basketball League played one full season, 1961-1962, and part of 1962-1963. The league actually folded on December 31, 1962. The ABL was the first basketball league to have a three point shot for baskets scored far away from the goal.-Formation:...

 and two seasons in the American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association

The American Basketball Association was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976.-League history:...

. Jackson scored 53 points (including 12 three-point baskets) while playing for the Chicago Majors

Chicago Majors

The Chicago Majors was an American basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois that was a member of the American Basketball League. They played in the old Chicago Stadium.-Year-by-year:...

 of the ABL on March 14, 1962. He died of cancer in 2005 in Brooklyn.

Jackson, Connie Hawkins

Connie Hawkins

Cornelius L. Hawkins is a former National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association player, Harlem Globetrotter and New York City playground legend...

, Doug Moe

Doug Moe

Douglas Edwin Moe is an American professional basketball coach. He is most closely associated with the Denver Nuggets franchise....

, and Roger Brown were indicted in the 1962 NCAA basketball point shaving

Point shaving

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 scandals involving Jack Molinas

Jack Molinas

Jacob "Jack" L. Molinas was an American professional basketball player and one of the key figures in the point shaving scandal that almost destroyed NCAA basketball...

 and banned from the NBA for life by then-NBA commissioner Walter Kennedy

Walter Kennedy (NBA)

James Walter Kennedy was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association from 1963 until 1975. He is sometimes mistakenly referred to as Walter J. Kennedy.-Early life:...

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Jackson participated in the 1968 ABA All-Star Game

1968 ABA All-Star Game

GAME 1: at Indianapolis, Indiana, January 9, 1968MVP: Larry Brown, New Orleans BuccaneersCoaches:* East: Jim Pollard, Minnesota Muskies* West: Babe McCarthy, New Orleans Buccaneers-Western Conference: -Eastern Conference: -Score by Periods:...

and holds the ABA record for free throws in a single game with 24.