Bill Miller (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born | November 24, 1924 Berea, Kentucky |
Died | July 9, 1991 | (aged 66)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Kentucky) |
College |
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BAA draft | 1948: undrafted |
Playing career | 1948–1949 |
Position | Forward |
Number | 6, 13, 21 |
Coaching career | 1955–1979 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1948 | Chicago Stags |
1948–1949 | St. Louis Bombers |
As coach: | |
1955–1956 | Roanoke Rapids HS |
1956–1959 | Campbellsville |
1959–1979 | Elon |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
William Ralph Miller (November 24, 1924 – July 9, 1991)[1] was an American professional basketball player.[2] He played in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) for the Chicago Stags and St. Louis Bombers during the 1948–49 season.[2] Prior to playing in the BAA, Miller played collegiate basketball at Eastern Kentucky Teachers College and then at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.[3]
After the NBA, Miller became a college coach for Campbellsville Junior College and Elon University.[4] Between 1968 and 1974, Miller led Elon to six straight 20-win seasons.[5] In the Winter of 1973, Miller was selected to coach the NAIA All-Stars - which went on to defeat the NCAA All-Stars 107-78 in High Point, N.C. Miller ended his career with 329 wins at Elon, still the most in program history.[6]
BAA career statistics
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | APG | Assists per game | ||
PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1948–49 | Chicago | 14 | .217 | .444 | .6 | 1.0 |
1948–49 | St. Louis | 14 | .327 | .636 | .9 | 2.8 |
Career | 28 | .292 | .550 | .7 | 1.9 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1949 | St. Louis | 1 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 |
Career | 1 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 |
References
- ^ "Bill Miller". Peach Basket Society. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ a b "Bill Miller NBA stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/uncbasketballblu19471948/uncbasketballblu19471948_djvu.txt
- ^ "Bill Miller Is Named As Elon Cage Coach". The Daily Times-News. April 23, 1959. p. 13. Retrieved October 11, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ http://www.elonphoenix.com/news/2014/2/26/MBB_0226144843.aspx
- ^ http://www.elonphoenix.com/sports/2010/8/2/GEN_0802103828.aspx?&tab=4
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- 1924 births
- 1991 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- American military personnel of World War II
- Basketball coaches from Kentucky
- Basketball players from Kentucky
- Campbellsville Tigers men's basketball coaches
- Chicago Stags players
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball players
- Elon Phoenix men's basketball coaches
- Forwards (basketball)
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- Junior college men's basketball coaches in the United States
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
- People from Berea, Kentucky
- St. Louis Bombers (NBA) players
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs