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- Bill Walton was an out-
- standing center who didnΓÇÖt
- need to score a lot of
- points for his team to win.
- He was an excellent
- passer, rebounder, and shot-blocker.
-
- While in college at the University of California
- at Los Angeles (UCLA), Bill averaged 20.3
- points and 15.7 rebounds a game. He
- helped the UCLA team win a record 88
- straight games. The 6' 11" tall, 235-pound
- center was the college Player of the Year for
- three straight years, from 1972 to 1974.
-
- UCLA won the NCAA championship in 1972
- and 1973, and Bill was the Most Valuable
- Player both times. In the 1973 game,
- Bill scored 44 points with uncanny