Willie Somerset

Basketball Player

1942 –

76

Who is Willie Somerset?

Willard F. Somerset is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, Somerset attended Farrell High School in Farrell, Pennsylvania and later, Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A 5'8" guard from Duquesne University, Somerset played eight games for the Baltimore Bullets during the 1965-66 NBA season, averaging 5.6 points per game. He blossomed in the American Basketball Association, where he averaged 22.8 points in 135 games with the Houston Mavericks and New York Nets from 1967 to 1969. During the 1968-69 ABA season, when he was named an All-Star, Somerset ranked fifth in the league in points per game, eighth in assists per game, and third in free throw percentage.

Somerset was named one of the "Outstanding Young Men of America" in 1968. He was inducted into the Duquesne University Sports Hall of Fame in 1976 and into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1982 and in 1994. In 1997, Somerset was inducted into the Mercer County Hall of Fame.

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Born
Mar 17, 1942
Sharon
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Duquesne University
Lived in
  • Sharon

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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