Bill Walton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bill Walton
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 5, 1952(1952-11-05)
Age	72
Birthplace	La Mesa
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Scorpio

Bill Walton Biography

Bill Walton is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on November 5, 1952 in La Mesa, California, United States. Hall of Fame player who took home two NBA championships together with Boston Celtics and the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics after having led UCLA to consecutive three-year winning streaks and two consecutive NCAA Championships in 1972 and 1973.

He was a player with legendary coach He played under legendary head coach John Wooden at UCLA. at UCLA.

Walton is a fan of the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, Neil Young, Phish, and Bob Dylan. Walton is particularly attached to the Grateful Dead, whose concerts he started attending in 1967, while he was still in high school. He attended more than 850 Grateful Dead concerts, including traveling with the band to Egypt for its famous 1978 performance before the Pyramids (joining the band on drums), and quotes Grateful Dead lyrics in TV and radio interviews. To fellow Deadheads, Walton is fondly known as “Grateful Red” and the “Big Red Deadhead” and “World’s Tallest Deadhead”. In the video for “Touch of Grey”, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart is wearing a Celtics jacket given to him by Walton. In 2001, Walton was inducted into The Grateful Dead Hall of Honor.

While Walton was in high school, the NBA Expansion team of 1967, the San Diego Rockets were in town. The Rockets had no set practice facility and would often play pick-up games at Helix High School. Rocket players learned that to get into the Helix gym they could call the teenager Walton, who somehow had his own gym key. Walton recalled Elvin Hayes calling and telling his mother, “Tell Billy, Big E is calling and we need him to open the gym tonight. I said, ‘Mom, that’s Big E! Give me the phone!’ I was never so embarrassed in my life. Elvin and I are still close friends. All of those guys all still my friends to this very day.”

He had four sons with the first woman he married, Susie His son, Luke, played for the Los Angeles Lakers from 2003 until 2012.

Bill Walton Net Worth

Bill Walton is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bill Walton 's net worth $20 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born within La Mesa, California and was a top basketball star during his time at Helix High School.

At UCLA He was a three-time National College Player of the Year, three-time Consensus First Team All-American and two-time NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding player.

William Theodore Walton III (born November 5, 1952) is an American former basketball player who is a television sportscaster.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Bill Walton height 6 ft 11 in Bill weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Bill Walton Dating?

According to our records, Bill Walton married to Lori Matsuoka , Susan Guth. As of December 1, 2023, Bill Walton’s is not dating anyone.

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Walton was featured in “Faces in the Crowd” in the January 26, 1970 issue of Sports Illustrated, his first national media recognition.

Facts & Trivia

Bill Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bill Walton celebrates birthday on November 5 of every year.

The 1971–72 UCLA basketball team had a record of 30–0, winning its games by an average margin of more than 30 points, averaging 94.6 points to opponents’ 64.3. With Walton playing alongside Henry Bibby, Larry Farmer, Wilkes, Lee and Swen Nater, UCLA finished 14–0 in the Pac 8 Conference.

What was Bill Walton known for?

In 1991, Walton won a Sports Emmy for best live television sports telecast and was named one of the top 50 sports broadcasters of all-time by the American Sportscaster Association in 2009. In the midst of those broadcasting days, Walton was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.

What ended Bill Walton's career?

Despite a career as an NBA player marred by injuries, he won an NBA MVP, an NBA Finals MVP, and a pair of titles. But an incident between his junior and senior seasons at UCLA nearly ended his pro career before it started.

Did Bill Walton make it to the NBA Hall of Fame?

Personal information
1979–1985| San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers
1985–1988| Boston Celtics
Career highlights and awards

Does Bill Walton have a law degree?

Education

Who is the NBA logo?

Jerry West : “I wish they would change it” Another interesting wrinkle in the story is that West was never officially told about the logo until it came out and even then wasn’t 100% sure that it was him in the picture.