Bill Ligon

Bill Ligon
Personal information
Born	May 19, 1952; Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	June 11, 2024 (aged 72); Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Gallatin Union; (Nashville, Tennessee)
College	Vanderbilt (1971–1974)
NBA draft	1974: 10th round, 175th overall pick
	Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Position	Shooting guard
Number	26
Career history
1974–1975	Detroit Pistons
Career NBA statistics
Points	126 (3.3 ppg)
Rebounds	26 (0.7 rpg)
Assists	25 (0.7 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

William Norman Ligon (May 19, 1952 – June 11, 2024) was an American professional basketball shooting guard who played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Detroit Pistons during the 1974–75 season. The Pistons drafted him from Vanderbilt University during the tenth round (175th pick overall) of the 1974 NBA draft. He worked as an attorney, specializing in criminal defense and litigation.^[1] He died in Gallatin, Tennessee on June 11, 2024, at the age of 72.^[2]

References

^ "Union The Movie". unionthemovie.com. Act 2 Films. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
^ Gerson, Aria (June 14, 2024). "Bill Ligon, Vanderbilt basketball's second Black player, dies at 72". The Tennessean. Retrieved July 30, 2024.

External links

Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference

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[1] "Union The Movie". unionthemovie.com. Act 2 Films. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2014.

[2] Gerson, Aria (June 14, 2024). "Bill Ligon, Vanderbilt basketball's second Black player, dies at 72". The Tennessean. Retrieved July 30, 2024.

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF FAST WorldCat
National	United States