Howie Williams (basketball)

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Howie Williams

Guard

Personal information

Born

October 29, 1927
New Ross, Indiana

Died

December 25, 2004 (aged 77)
Phoenix, Arizona

Nationality

American

Listed height

6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

Listed weight

185 lb (84 kg)

Career information

High school

New Ross (New Ross, Indiana)

College

Purdue (1946–1950)

NBA draft

1950 / Round: 3 / Pick: 30th overall

Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers

Pro playing career

1950–1954

Career history

1950–1954

Peoria Caterpillars (NIBL)

Career highlights and awards

2x First Team All-Big 10 (1949, 1950)

Medals

Men's basketball
Gold	1952 Helsinki	Team competition

Howard Earl "Howie" Williams (October 29, 1927 – December 25, 2004) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Williams played collegiately at Purdue University where he was a 2x All-Big Ten guard (1948–49, 1949–50); he was selected as the Purdue team MVP in his junior and senior seasons and as Team Captain in 1949-50; posting a career total of 735 points (10.0 game avg). He led the Big Ten Conference in Free Throw Percentage (85.7%) for the 1948-49 season.

He was a 3rd Round pick of the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1950 NBA draft^[1] but chose insteand to sign a contract with the Peoria Caterpillars of the American Athletic Union and the National Industrial Basketball League. The Caterpillars finished 4th in the NIBL but won the National AAU title (the first of three consecutive titles), knocking off the regular season champions, the Phillips Oilers in the semi-finals on Williams last second bucket.^[2] Williams and the rest of the Caterpillar team defeated the NCAA Champion Kansas Jayhawks in the AAU Title game. Following the title game, the Los Angeles Times named Williams the AAU Player of the Year;^[3] Williams then led Peoria to another AAU National title in 1953.

The 1952 win placed Williams as well as Peoria teammates; Ronald Bontemps, Marcus Freiberger, Frank McCabe and Dan Pippin on the U.S. Olympic squad. That team, led by fellow native Hoosier Clyde Lovellette won the gold medal. He played all eight games and finished #8 in scoring for the squad.

Williams spent four seasons playing for the Caterpillars and finished with 1,235 career points, eighth on their career scoring list.

He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. He died in Phoenix, Arizona in 2004; following a 35-year career with the Caterpillar Corporation.

External links

v t e United States squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – Gold medal

4 Bontemps 5 Freiberger 6 Glasgow 7 Hoag 8 Hougland 9 Keller 10 Kelley 11 Kenney 12 Kurland 13 McCabe 14 Lienhard 15 Lovellette 16 Pippin 17 Williams Coach: Womble

v t e 1951 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans

Glen Anderson Don Barksdale Cliff Crandall Bill Gossett Bob Kurland Frankie Kuzara Frank McCabe Ken Pryor Howie Williams George Yardley

v t e 1952 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans

Billy Donovan Bryce Heffley Bob Kurland Frank McCabe Dan Pippin Ken Pryor Jack Stone Bobby Wallace Bus Whitehead Howie Williams

v t e 1953 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans

Glen Anderson John Arndt Ron Bontemps Hugh Faulkner Jim Hoverder Frank McCabe Chet Noe Dan Pippin Howie Williams George Yardley

References

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Name	Williams, Howie
Alternative names
Short description	Basketball player
Date of birth	October 29, 1927
Place of birth	New Ross, Indiana
Date of death	December 25, 2004
Place of death	Phoenix, Arizona

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