STATISTICS & HISTORY
Bill Hapac was an all-state high school basketball star in Chicago. He played basketball at the University of Illinois where in his senior year, he was honored as a Consensus NCAA First Team All-American. In addition to basketball, he also lettered for three years while playing for the school’s baseball baseball team. In 1940, Hapac made a strong debut in the National Basketball League with the Chicago Bruins, averaging 9.5 ppg, second best on the team. After service in World War II, Hapac returned to NBL for three more season before retiring in 1948.
| BILL HAPAC | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 190 | College: | Illinois’40 | |||||
| William John Hapac | Born: Jan 26, 1918 | Died: Mar 9, 1967 | Hometown: | Cicero, Ill. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | ||
| 1926-27 | Illinois (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Illinois | College | 18 | 60 | 27 | 147 | 8.2 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Illinois | College | 18 | 6o | 53 | 191 | 10.6 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Illinois | College | 18 | 95 | 54 | 244 | 13.6 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Chicago | NBL | 24 | 80 | 67 | 110 | .609 | 227 | 9.5 | ||
| 1941-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Chicago | NBL | 19 | 35 | 35 | 61 | .574 | 105 | 5.5 | ||
| 1946-47 | Anderson | NBL | 41 | 93 | 91 | 134 | .679 | 277 | 6.8 | ||
| 1947-48 | Oshkosh | NBL | 47 | 78 | 74 | 119 | .622 | 230 | 4.9 | ||
| 1947-48 | Chicago Ingots | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 131 | 286 | 267 | 424 | .630 | 839 | 6.4 | ||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1940-41 | Chicago | WBT | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 5 | 5.0 | ||
| 1945-46 | Chicago | WBT | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1946-47 | Anderson | WBT | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | .615 | 12 | 6.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Oshkosh | NBL | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | .688 | 23 | 5.8 | ||
| Major League Totals | 11 | 12 | 22 | 38 | .579 | 46 | 4.2 | ||||