Bill Wheatley
Appearance
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Born | Gypsum, Kansas | July 5, 1909||||||||||||||
Died | February 5, 1992 El Cerrito, California | (aged 82)||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Kipp (Kipp, Kansas) | ||||||||||||||
College | Kansas Wesleyan (1927–1931) | ||||||||||||||
Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
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1935–1936 | McPherson Globe Refiners | ||||||||||||||
1936–193? | Kansas City Life | ||||||||||||||
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1946–1948 | Oakland Bittners | ||||||||||||||
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William John Wheatley (July 5, 1909 – February 5, 1992) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final. He later coached the Salt Lake City entry in American Basketball League of the AAU.
Wheatley died in his El Cerrito, California home on February 5, 1992 at age 82.[1]
References
- ^ "Obituary for William Wheatley". The Salina Journal. February 8, 1992. p. 8. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
Categories:
- 1909 births
- 1992 deaths
- Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Basketball coaches from Kansas
- Basketball players from Kansas
- Guards (basketball)
- Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes men's basketball players
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- People from Saline County, Kansas
- United States men's national basketball team players
- American Olympic medalist stubs
- American basketball biography, pre-1910 birth stubs