Earl Williams (basketball player)

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Earl Williams
Personal information
Born (1951-03-24) March 24, 1951 (age 73)
Bnei Herzliya
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Earl Lee[1] "the Twirl" Williams (born March 24, 1951) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player[2] who in 1990 and 1991 was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League.

Early life and education

Williams played high school basketball while attending Woodrow Wilson High School in Levittown, Pennsylvania. In 2023, he was inducted into the Bristol Township School District Athletic Hall Of Fame.[3] He played college basketball at Winston-Salem State University, with the Winston-Salem State Rams.[2]

Professional career

United States

In the 1974

New York Nets, and the Boston Celtics.[2] On September 30, 1975, he was traded by the Suns to the Detroit Pistons, for a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Earl Tatum
).

Sweden

In the 1977–78 season, Williams played for the

Alvik. Alvik came in 2nd in the league that year.[4]

Israel

Williams later played professionally in the

Israeli League.[8] In 1990 and 1991, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League
.

Italy

Williams played two seasons for Italian teams as well:

Libertas Brindisi
in 1988–1989.

Personal life

In 1982, Williams converted to

naturalized Israeli citizen, becoming a dual US-Israeli citizen.[10][11]

After ending his active player career at the age of 43, Williams worked as an educator[12] and basketball coach in New Jersey.[13]

He is married to Merav, who is originally from Israel. They have two children.

References

  1. ^ "Earl Lee Williams". FIBA Europe. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Earl Williams NBA Statistics". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  3. ^ "Bristol Twp. School District To Welcome New Inductees To Athletic Hall Of Fame". LevittownNow.com. September 21, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "1970-80 statistics". Alvik Basket. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  5. ^ "Israeli Basketball Team Plays Despite Cloud of War". St. Paul Pioneer Press. February 22, 1991. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  6. ^ "Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv wins Euro championship". Israel21c.org. May 2, 2004. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  7. ^ "Earl Williams". Israel Basketball Super League. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  8. ^ Leibowitz, Steve (September 25, 1990). "Galil Stop "Upstart" Ramat Hasharon". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  9. ISBN 9780313240164
    . Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  10. ^ Ben-David, Calev (March 7, 1991). "A whole new ball game". The Jerusalem Report. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  11. ^ Gordin, Joel (January 30, 1991). "Israeli Basketball In Dire Straits". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  12. ^ Kabilio, Sharon (April 20, 2013). "ארל וויליאמס: במכבי אין כימיה ואמון אחד בשני". One. Retrieved April 23, 2022. ארל, שהיה זכור בעיקר כשחקן כדורסל רעשני אך באותה מידה גם עצום ביכולותיו, הפך במרוצות השנים למורה בבתי ספר בארצות הברית, מה שהוא מכתיר כשינוי הגדול בחייו, כתהליך שמיתן אותו והפך אותו לבחור הרגוע שהוא היום.
  13. ^ "What the Hell Happened to...Earl Williams?". June 14, 2013.

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