STATISTICS & HISTORY
During Bill O’Brien’s three varsity seasons at Loyola University in Chicago, The Maroon and Gold compiled a 51-12 record. In his senior, Loyola made it to the championship game of the National Invitational Tournament, but lost to L.I.U, ending a 21 game win streak. O’Brien played professional basketball for just one season, before he joined the F.B.I. for service during World War II.
| BILL O’BRIEN | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 185 | College: | Loyola(Ill)’39 | |||||
| William O’Brien | Born: Nov 13, 1917 | Died: May 6, 1985 | Hometown: | Chicago, Ill. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| Loyola (Ill) (Frosh) | College | ||||||||||
| Loyola (Ill) | College | ||||||||||
| Loyola (Ill) | College | ||||||||||
| 1938-39 | Loyola (Ill) | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Chicago LaSalle Cavaliers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Chicago | NBL | 19 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1.1 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 19 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1.1 | ||||||
| POST SESON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1940-41 | Chicago | WBT | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 4.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 4.0 | ||||