Bill Wold is an American former basketball player. He played basketball in college for Los Angeles Valley College and the Oregon State Beavers basketball team. He then played professional basketball for the Hapoel Tel Aviv basketball team in the Israeli Basketball Premier League in Israel.
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
|---|---|
| League | Israeli Basketball Premier League |
| Personal information | |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| High school | Fairfax High School |
| College | |
| Playing career | 1966–1968 |
| Career history | |
| 1966–1968 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Biography
editIn 1956, playing high school baseball for Fairfax High School, Wold batted .566 and was named to the Los Angeles All City Baseball Team.[1]
In both 1957 and 1958, at Los Angeles Valley College, Wold was All-League and All-Southern California in basketball for the Monarchs, and playing left field for the Monarchs baseball team was named to the 1958 All-League baseball second team.[2][1] He then transferred colleges, and played guard for the Oregon State Beavers basketball team from 1959–61.[3][4][5] He was named to the 1959 Far West Classics All-Star Team and was All Coast Honorable Mention.[1][6][7]
From 1966 to 1968, Wold played professional basketball for the Hapoel Tel Aviv basketball team in the Israeli Basketball Premier League in Israel.[1][7] He was named to the 1967 Israel National five.[1]
Wold then returned to the United States, and for the next 30 years taught high school and coached high school basketball, including at Douglas High School.[1][7][8] His son Rich Wold later also played basketball for Oregon State.[4]
He was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.[1] Wold was also inducted into the Los Angeles Unified School District Hall of Fame.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Bill Wold; Basketball – 2003". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Press Box". Bakersfield Californian. March 20, 1957. p. 43.
- ^ "Bill Wold College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ a b Brooks Hatch (February 20, 2002). "Taking flight". Corvallis Gazette Times.
- ^ Jares, Joe (January 8, 1968). "The BVD Boys Shoot Down a Hex". Sports Illustrated Vault.
- ^ "Far West Classic All-Stars," Oregon State U. Basketball, p. 17.
- ^ a b c d "Bill Wold; Fairfax High School," Los Angeles Unified School District Hall of Fame.
- ^ "News of classmates and friends," Oregon Stater, April 1969, p. 20.