Bill Walton
Center, Basketball Player
1952 –
Who is Bill Walton?
William Theodore "Bill" Walton III is an American retired basketball player and television sportscaster. Walton achieved superstardom playing for John Wooden's powerhouse UCLA Bruins in the early '70s, winning three successive College Player of the Year Awards, while leading the Bruins to two Division I national titles. He then went on to have a prominent career in the National Basketball Association where he was a league Most Valuable Player and won two NBA championships. His professional career was significantly hampered by multiple foot injuries. Walton was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 10, 1993 and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame that same year. He is the father of former professional basketball player Luke Walton.
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- Born
- Nov 5, 1952
La Mesa - Also known as
- William Theodore Walton III
- The Mountain Man
- Bill
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Lori Matsuoka
- Susan Guth
(1979/02/24 - 1989)
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Stanford Law School
- Lived in
- La Mesa
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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