Billy Evans


# 42
Hometown: Berea, KY (High)
Position: F-G Playing Height: 6-1 Playing Weight: 170
Date of Birth: September 13, 1932
Date of Death: November 22, 2020
Legal Name: William Best Evans
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Game by Game Statistics
Kentucky Career Notes:
Retired Jersey #42
Multi-Sport Player [Tennis and Baseball]
Season Notes:
1954-55: All-SEC [Third Team (AP)]; (Declared ineligible for post-season because he had earned his degree.)
Post-UK Career Notes:
Olympic Champion
State of Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame
University of Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame
Drafted in the 1955 NBA Draft by Rochester

SeasonGames
Played
FGFGA%FTFTA%Total
Rebs
Asst.FTotal
Points
1951-52316320131.34365170.591655582162
1953-54258623137.23496377.78180-65221
1954-552412634236.848110974.31204-69333
Total8027577435.5316622374.4454955216716


Obituary - UK Athletics Hall of Famer Billy Evans Dead at 88, UK Official Wildcat Website (November 23, 2020) by Eric Lindsey



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