Bill Spivey


# 77
Hometown: Warner Robins, GA (Macon Jordan)
Position: C Playing Height: 7-0 Playing Weight: 230
Date of Birth: March 19, 1929
Date of Death: May 8, 1995
Nickname: Bill "Grits" Spivey (More)
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Game by Game Statistics
Kentucky Career Notes:
Retired Jersey #77
Season Notes:
1949-50: All-American [AP (3rd), UPI (3rd), Helms (3rd)]; All-SEC [First Team (AP)]; All-SEC Tournament
1950-51: National Player of the Year [Helms*]; All-American [Consensus (1st), AP (1st), UPI (1st), NABC (1st), Converse (1st), Helms (1st), Look Magazine (1st), Sporting News (1st), Colliers (1st), International News Service]; NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player; All- NCAA Regional Team; All-SEC [First Team (AP)]; All-SEC Tournament
1951-52: (Missed first half of season due to knee surgery, sat out rest of season awaiting NCAA investigation)
Post-UK Career Notes:
State of Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame
University of Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame
Professional Basketball Statistics [External Link]

SeasonGames
Played
FGFGA%FTFTA%FTotal
Points
1949-503022561936.3512817672.7393578
1950-513325263239.8713121162.0991635
1951-52000000000
Total63477125138.1325938766.931841213


Obituary - UK ALL-AMERICAN CARRIED LIFELONG SCAR OF '50S SCANDAL, Lexington Herald-Leader (May 9, 1995) by Jennifer Hewlett



Athletics' Victim by Jim Murray, Oakland Tribune, November 2, 1961, pg. 49.


7-Foot Spivey, Barred by N.B.A. During Scandals, Retires at 38 by Neil Amdur, New York Times, Feb 13, 1968 pg. 58


Spivey: The Giant Who Was Ravaged by New York (and Others) by D.G. FitzMaurice Lexington Herald-Leader, September 4, 1977.



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