NBA Birthdays: Players born on Sept. 24
Drew Gooden is one of 19 NBA players born on Sept. 24.
With over 5,000 players in NBA history, at least one player was born on every day of the calendar year – including three leap day ballers. Our day-by-day breakdown of the players born on each day of the year continues.
Below are the most notable NBA players born on Sept 24.
Drew Gooden (Sept. 24, 1981): The fourth overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies, Gooden played 14 NBA seasons with 10 different teams throughout his career. While the teams changed, Gooden’s production did not as he averaged at least 10.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in each of his first nine seasons while playing for nine teams. Over 790 career games, Gooden tallied 8,653 points (11.0 ppg) and 5,618 rebounds (7.1 rpg).
Randy Foye (Sept. 24, 1983): The seventh overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics, Foye was involved in a pair of draft night trades that landed him in Minnesota, where he spent the first three seasons of his 11-year NBA career. Following his run in Minnesota, Foye played with the Wizards, Clippers, Jazz, Nuggets, Thunder and Nets before ending his playing career in 2017. In 752 career games, Foye totaled 7,729 points (10.3 ppg), 2,112 assists (2.8 apg) and 1,686 rebounds (2.2 rpg).
Want to see every NBA player born on Sept. 24? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- George Grimshaw (Sept. 24, 1919)
- Joe McNamee (Sept. 24, 1926)
- Joe Bradley (Sept. 24, 1928)
- Jim Holstein (Sept. 24, 1930)
- Jackie Moore (Sept. 24, 1932)
- Ron Williams (Sept. 24, 1944)
- Connie Norman (Sept. 24, 1953)
- Brad Branson (Sept. 24, 1958)
- Morlon Wiley (Sept. 24, 1966)
- Cedric Lewis (Sept. 24, 1969)
- Rodrick Rhodes (Sept. 24, 1973)
- Kiwane Garris (Sept. 24, 1974)
- Bobby Brown (Sept. 24, 1984)
- Kim English (Sept. 24, 1988)
- Perry Jones III (Sept. 24, 1991)
- Rayjon Tucker (Sept. 24, 1997)
- Isaiah Mobley (Sept. 24, 1999)
