Whitey Bell
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Personal information | |
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Born | Monticello, Kentucky | September 13, 1932
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Warsaw Community (Warsaw, Indiana) |
College | NC State (1954–1958) |
NBA draft | 1958 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 1959–1963 |
Position | Guard |
Number | 15 |
Career history | |
1960–1961 | New York Knicks |
1961–1963 | San Francisco Saints |
1962 | Pittsburgh Rens |
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William Hoyet "Whitey" Bell (born September 13, 1932) is a retired American basketball player.
He played collegiately for the North Carolina State University. Bell averaged 14.2 points per game as a senior for NC State during the 1957–58 season.
He played for the New York Knicks (1959–61) in the NBA for 36 games. Bell then played with the San Francisco Saints (1961–62) of the American Basketball League and briefly in 1962 with the Pittsburgh Rens of the ABL. On November 1, 1961, Bell scored 30 points in a game against the Kansas City Steers.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com
Categories:
- 1932 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Kentucky
- NC State Wolfpack men's basketball players
- New York Knicks players
- People from Monticello, Kentucky
- Pittsburgh Rens players
- San Francisco Saints players
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players
- American men's basketball players
- Guards (basketball)
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs