Billy Evans (basketball, born 1932)
Appearance
![]() Evans with the Phillips 66ers. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Berea, Kentucky | September 13, 1932||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft .5 in (1.84 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
High school | Berea (Berea, Kentucky) | ||||||||||||||||||||
College | Kentcuky (1951–1955) | ||||||||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1955: 5th round, 32nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Rochester Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
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William Best Evans (born September 13, 1932) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Berea, Kentucky, Evans played collegiately at the University of Kentucky.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Billy-Evans-jersey.jpg/170px-Billy-Evans-jersey.jpg)
He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal in 1956.
External links
Categories:
- 1932 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- Phillips 66ers players
- Rochester Royals draft picks
- United States men's national basketball team players
- American Olympic medalist stubs
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists