STATISTICS & HISTORY
Bill Nash lettered in three sports at Newtown, High School in Queens, New York. Nash was a Helms Foundation All-American at Columbia University in 1935 and 1936. After graduation, Nash began his profession basketball career with the New York Whirlwinds, a powerful independent team. He spent the next three seasons in the American Basketball League before retiring on 1940. After service in World War II, Nash established a successful trucking business in New Jersey.
BILL NASH | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | College: | Columbia’36 | ||||||
William D. Nash | Born:Jan 13,1913 | Died: Apr 19, 2003 | Hometown: | Flushing Queens, NY | |||||||
REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1932-33 | Columbia (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
1933-34 | Columbia | College | |||||||||
1934-35 | Columbia | College | |||||||||
1935-36 | Columbia | College | |||||||||
1936-37 | New York Whirlwinds | Indep | |||||||||
1936-37 | Brooklyn All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
1937-3838 | New York Celtics–Brooklyn | ABL | 21 | 28 | 18 | 74 | 3.5 | ||||
1938-39 | Brooklyn | ABL | 27 | 49 | 22 | 120 | 4.4 | ||||
1939-40 | Baltimore | ABL | 31 | 71 | 28 | 170 | 5.5 | ||||
1940-46 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
Major League Totals | 79 | 148 | 68 | 364 | 4.6 | ||||||
PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1939-40 | Baltimore | ABL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1.4 | ||||
Major League Totals | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1.4 |