Bill Walton Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the NCAA Player of the Year Award three times
• Received the 2002 NBA Retired Player's Association Humanitarian Award
• In 1993, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• Graduated with a history degree from the University of California, Los Angeles
• Pursued a law degree while attending Stanford University
• Is the father of professional basketball player Luke Walton
• Hit his NBA prime as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers in the mid-1970s
• In the 1974 NBA Draft, he was the number one overall pick
• Is the only person to make the USA Senior Men's National Basketball Team while in high school
• Was a fan of the Grateful Dead