Lee Williams (basketball)
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | Oswego, New York | June 27, 1918
Died | June 11, 1997 Colorado Springs, Colorado | (aged 78)
Playing career | |
? | Cortland State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1946–1965 | Colby |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 252–212 |
Leon Palmer "Lee" Williams (June 27, 1918 – June 11, 1997) was an American basketball coach and executive. He coached at Colby College from 1946 to 1965, and later was the executive director of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He is a member of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame.[1] In 1985, he received the John Bunn Award.[2]
References
- ^ "Lee Williams earns spot in Maine's Sports Hall of Fame". Bangor Daily News. May 30, 1991. p. 30. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
- ^ http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/issues/86n3/mules/2.html
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1997 deaths
- American men's basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from New York (state)
- Basketball players from New York (state)
- Colby Mules men's basketball coaches
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Cortland Red Dragons men's basketball players
- People from Oswego, New York