Bernie Williams (basketball)

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Bernie Williams
Personal information
Born(1945-12-30)December 30, 1945
Washington, D.C.
DiedSeptember 23, 2003(2003-09-23) (aged 57)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolDeMatha Catholic
(Hyattsville, Maryland)
CollegeLa Salle (1966–1969)
NBA draft1969 / Round: 2 / Pick: 21st overall
Selected by the San Diego Rockets
Playing career1969–1974
PositionPoint guard
Number18, 35, 11
Career history
19691971San Diego Rockets
19711974Virginia Squires
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points2,622 (9.3 ppg)
Rebounds523 (1.8 rpg)
Assists556 (2.0 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Bernard Williams (December 30, 1945 – September 23, 2003) was an American basketball player who attended DeMatha Catholic High School, a college preparatory high school in Hyattsville, Maryland near Washington, D.C. In 1965 he was a senior and a starter on the DeMatha team that beat New York City's Power Memorial Academy 46-43 on January 30. Power, led by 7' 1" senior Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) had won 71 games in a row. Sports writers at the time and later called it the greatest high school basketball game ever.

Williams went on to play at La Salle University for four years. As a senior in 1968–69, he averaged 18.4 points per game and led La Salle to a 23-1 record and a No. 2 national ranking. Unfortunately, the Explorers were ineligible for the NCAA and the National Invitational tournaments because of academic and recruiting violations in prior years. In the 1969 NBA draft, Williams was selected by the San Diego Rockets. He played with the Rockets until 1971 and then played three seasons with the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association alongside Julius Erving.

In 1982, Williams was inducted into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame. He died of colorectal cancer in 2002.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Giannotto, Mark (January 29, 2015). "The day DeMatha basketball toppled Power Memorial: 50 years ago, the Stags beat Lew Alcindor in a high school game for the ages". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 24, 2019.

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