UCLA was 86-4 during Bill Walton's three years of college with the center starting his college career 73-0. Walton's only four losses came in his senior year (Notre Dame, Oregon State, Oregon and then NC State in the NCAA tournament). RELATED:Gonzaga, Baylor lead Andy Kat...
Bill Walton. Actor: Little Nicky. William Theodore Walton III (born November 5, 1952) was an American retired basketball player and television sportscaster. Walton played for John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins in the early 1970s, winning three successive Co
(45 of 59) in 1973. Arguably the most impressive feat of his collegiate career was the key role he played in UCLA’s NCAA-record 88-game winning streak, as he led the team to the final 73 victories of that run during his first two and a half years at the school. Walton was named...
Before his pro career, Walton earned a legendary status at UCLA, leading the Bruins to titles in 1972 and 1973 and an 88-game winning streak. His 44 points in the national championship game in 1973 remain a record. Walton was also a three-time national player of the year at...
Walton has also been inducted into the San Diego Breitbard Sports Hall of Fame, The UCLA Hall of Fame, the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, the Boys and Girls Club Hall of Fame and the Guinness Hall of Brilliance. In 1979 Walton received an Emmy for his work on an environmental documentary ...
Bill Walton’s career began in college basketball at UCLA, where he played under coach John Wooden. He led UCLA to two NCAA championships and had one of the greatest performances in college basketball history. In the 1973 national championship game,Walton made 21 of 22 shots, scoring 44 point...
Walton, the successor to Lew Alcindor’s legacy at UCLA under head coach John Wooden, was one of the winningest players in NCAA history -- possibly even outpacing the man who would become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Like Abdul-Jabbar, Walton won three national player of the year awards in college...
Older fans might best remember Walton, perhaps the greatest college player of all time, from his days as the fulcrum of the later phase of the UCLA dynasty. Or maybe the main memory is of Walton as a young, long-haired NBA champion with the selfless 1977 Portland Trail Blazers, before ...
Bill Walton, the basketball Hall of Fame center who won two national titles at UCLA, two NBA championships in Portland and Boston and later put the “color” in color commentator, died Monday following a prolonged battle with cancer, the NBA announced. Walton was 71. He was surrounded by ...
Led by Bill Walton, UCLA won 88 straight gamesBETH HARRIS