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William Edwin Spivey (March 19, 1929 – May 8, 1995) was an American basketball player. A 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) center , he played college basketball for the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's (NCAA) Kentucky Wildcats from 1949 to 1951.
10 de mai. de 1995 · Bill Spivey, a 7-foot, all-America center from the University of Kentucky who was implicated but never convicted in the college basketball scandals of the 1950's, was found dead Monday in his...
Bill Spivey, a former University of Kentucky basketball All-American and one of the first 7-footers to play the sport in college, was found dead yesterday at his apartment in Quepos, Costa Rica. He was 66.
William Edwin "Bill" Spivey (Lakeland, Florida, 19 de marzo de 1929-Quepos, Costa Rica, 8 de mayo de 1995) fue un jugador de baloncesto estadounidense que tras ser implicado en un asunto de amaño de partidos en su etapa universitaria, fue vetado por la NBA, transcurriendo su carrera profesional
7 de set. de 2020 · Bill Spivey was a dominant center for Kentucky in 1951, averaging 19.5 points and 17.2 rebounds per game. He was banned from playing by UK and the NBA after being implicated in a point-shaving scandal, but remained a legend in college basketball.
BILL SPIVEY'S PROFESSIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS. Contributed by Jack Black, J. Michael Kenyon, Bill Hoover and Robert Bradley 1951 – Seven-foot Bill Spivey refuses to cooperate with gambling scandal investigators. He is indicted for perjury and suspended, never again allowed to wear his No. 77 Kentucky jersey.
20 de mai. de 2024 · Bill Spivey of Warner Robins could have been Wilt Chamberlain or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, instead, he became a forgotten footnote in basketball history; a castaway who chased the game from one minor league outpost to the next, until his body could take no more.
