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Jesse "Jess" Kersey (born January 12, 1941)〔 is an American retired basketball referee who worked for the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association.〔Pluto, Terry, 'Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990, ISBN 978-1-4165-4061-8, p.133〕 Born in Newport News, Virginia, Kersey attended Thomas Nelson Community College.〔 Joining the NBA in 1973, Kersey was a highly regarded referee and officiated at the 1975 ABA All-Star Game, the NBA All-Star Games in 1983, 1987 and 2002, and the NBA Finals in 1983, 1984 and 1991. During his 30 year career, he officiated 1,911 regular season games, 189 playoff games and 18 NBA Finals games.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nbra.net/Default.aspx?tabid=102 )〕 In July 1997, Kersey resigned from the NBA after 24 seasons as a referee after he pled guilty to tax evasion. Kersey returned to the NBA for the season and continued working games until the season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/referees/kerseje99r.html )〕 On April 10, 2007, Kersey was injured after Corey Maggette collided with him, and Kersey underwent hip replacement surgery the following year. Kersey was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jess Kersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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