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Bill Walton

1952 - 2024

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William Theodore Walton III (November 5, 1952 – May 27, 2024) was an American basketball player and television sportscaster. He played collegiately for the UCLA Bruins and professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers, and Boston Celtics. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Walton rose to prominence in the early 1970s as UCLA's starting center for coach John Wooden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Walton is the 152nd most popular basketball player (down from 120th in 2019), the 8,058th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,739th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Basketball Player.

Bill Walton was a dominant NBA center who led the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship and had a successful college career at UCLA, where he was a member of the famous Walton Gang that won two NCAA titles. Despite injuries shortening his professional career, Walton made a huge impact with his passing skills for a seven-footer and was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1996.

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Among basketball players, Bill Walton ranks 152 out of 1,757. Before him are Cesare Rubini, Bill Sharman, Jaak Lipso, Frank Lubin, Dolph Schayes, and Michel Bonnevie. After him are Isaiah Thomas, Kevin Garnett, Steve Nash, Nelson Demarco, Nate Archibald, and Gary Payton.

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Among people born in 1952, Bill Walton ranks 421. Before him are Tomas Ledin, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Sergei Sviatchenko, Biyouna, Tovah Feldshuh, and Brad Whitford. After him are Bernard Edwards, Tony Plana, Santiago Santamaría, Henry Padovani, Jorge Llopart, and John Broughton. Among people deceased in 2024, Bill Walton ranks 376. Before him are Mahammed Dionne, Arvo Valton, Domingo Pérez, Brian Lumley, Jadwiga Barańska, and Duane Eddy. After him are Helen Gallagher, Vasile Dîba, Mokhtar Hasni, Terry Bisson, Joe Bryant, and Steve Lawrence.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Walton ranks 8,060 out of 20,380. Before him are Walter Johnson (1887), Chris Renaud (1966), John Musker (1953), Chester Himes (1909), Edward Burns (1968), and Albert Dekker (1905). After him are Steve Miller (1943), Chuck Feeney (1931), Dick Van Patten (1928), Marni Nixon (1930), David Hungate (1948), and Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874).

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Among basketball players born in United States, Bill Walton ranks 88. Before him are Mark Jackson (1965), Walt Frazier (1945), Jerry Lucas (1940), Bill Sharman (1926), Frank Lubin (1910), and Dolph Schayes (1928). After him are Isaiah Thomas (1989), Kevin Garnett (1976), Nate Archibald (1948), Gary Payton (1968), John Wall (1990), and Doug Christie (1970).

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