William (Bill) Wesley Willoughby (born May 20, 1957 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American former professional basketball player. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Englewood is a city located in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26203 Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m After graduating from Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, he was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1975 NBA Draft as the first pick in the second round (19th overall), bypassing college for a chance to play professionally. Dwight Morrow High School is a four-year comprehensive Public high school located in Englewood New Jersey, United States, as part of the Englewood The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional Basketball team based in Atlanta Georgia. The 1975 NBA Draft saw more notables drafted in the first round including current Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe Bryant, whose son Kobe [1] He, along with Darryl Dawkins, were the first high school students to be drafted into the NBA. Darryl Dawkins (born January 11, 1957 in Orlando Florida) is a retired American professional Basketball player most noted for
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Playing Career
While Moses Malone (drafted into the ABA out of high school in 1974) and Dawkins enjoyed more successful professional careers, Willoughby had a career that was undistinguished. Moses Eugene Malone (born March 23 1955 in Petersburg Virginia) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA Basketball player who He was a journeyman who played for six different NBA teams in eight years, before his career ended with the New Jersey Nets in 1984, at the age of 26. The New Jersey Nets are a professional Basketball team in the National Basketball Association that plays in the Eastern Conference 's Atlantic
Post career
Though he later regretted skipping college, Willoughby eventually received his degree in communications from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2001, at the age of 44. Fairleigh Dickinson University is an American Private university founded in 1942
He has since become a vocal advocate in support of education.
Willoughby currently resides in Hackensack, New Jersey. Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen [1]
References
Bibliography
- http://basketball-reference.com/players/w/willobi01.html
- http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WILLOBI01
- http://www.cleveland.com/nba/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/116332455998560.xml&coll=2
- ^ a b Broussard, Chris. "Why Pros Spent 20 Years Shunning High Schoolers", The New York Times, November 16, 2003. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Accessed November 19, 2007. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "He had averaged nearly 40 points a game at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, N. J. , and seemed to have all the physical tools to be a star. . . . Willoughby, 46, now lives in relative anonymity in a two-bedroom apartment in Hackensack, N. J. "
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