During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Cross wore only jersey No. 41 and put up 5.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game.
The Oklahoma City Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics before them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by the players who have suited up for the franchise since its founding at the start of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Thunder Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.
And while those Supersonics jerseys may not remain part of the franchise history should a new team be established in Seattle as was the case with the return of the Charlotte Hornets, they are part of the Thunder's history today.
For this article, we continue with the 39th jersey number in the series, jersey No. 41, with five players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.
The second of those players who did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, big man alum Pete Cross. After ending his college career at USF, Cross was picked up with the 23rd overall selection of the 1970 NBA Draft by the SuperSonics.
The Kassel, Germany native would play the first two seasons of his NBA career with Seattle and the final 26 games as well, interrupted with a trade to the (then) Kansas City-Omaha (now, Sacramento) Kings to start the 1972-73 season.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Cross wore only jersey No. 41 and put up 5.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 41 - Pete Cross (1970-73)
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