Bill Wennington
William Percey Wennington (born April 26, 1963) is a Canadian former professional basketball player who won three National Basketball Association (NBA) championships with the Chicago Bulls. A center, he represented Canada in the 1984 Olympics and 1983 World University Games, where the team won gold. He was also on the Canadian team that narrowly missed qualification for the 1992 Olympics. Wennington has been inducted into the Quebec Basketball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Wennington in 2008 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | April 26, 1963 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) | |||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||
| High school | Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, New York) | |||||||||||
| College | St. John's (1981–1985) | |||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1985: 1st round, 16th overall pick | |||||||||||
| Selected by the Dallas Mavericks | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1985–2000 | |||||||||||
| Position | Center | |||||||||||
| Number | 23, 34, 7 | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| 1985–1990 | Dallas Mavericks | |||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Sacramento Kings | |||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Virtus Bologna | |||||||||||
| 1993–1999 | Chicago Bulls | |||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Sacramento Kings | |||||||||||
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| Career NBA statistics | ||||||||||||
| Points | 3,301 (4.6 ppg) | |||||||||||
| Rebounds | 2,148 (3.0 rpg) | |||||||||||
| Assists | 440 (0.6 apg) | |||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | ||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||
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