Bill Walton
Birth Name:
William Theodore Walton
Birth Place:
La Mesa, California, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Won the NCAA Player of the Year Award three times
- In 1993, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Received the 2002 NBA Retired Player's Association Humanitarian Award
- 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