STATISTICS & HISTORY
Hildreth “Hilly” Wallace, a powerfully-built, extremely talented athlete, with a mercurial temperament, was one of the most high-profile turn of the century professional basketball players. He stood out as well for ability to excel on both offense and defense, a rare combination in the early pro game. Wallace spent most of his career with his hometown Millville, New Jersey team. For the 1899-00 season he signed to play for Camden in in the National Basketball instead of his hometown team. The second-half of the season ended with deadlock between Millville and Trenton. After playing all season for Camden, Wallace showed up on Millville squad for a single-game playoff and led the team to a 18-13 victory. After a protest, the results of the game where thrown out. The collapse of the NBL in 1903, short-circuited his career while he was still in his prime.
| HILLY WALLACE | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 180 | College: | None | |||||
| Hildreth James Wallace | Born: | Mar 7, 1878 | Died: Mar 12, 1946 | Hometown: | Millville, NJ | ||||||
| Brother of John Wallace | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1895-96 | Millville Glassblowers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1896-97 | Millville Glassblowers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1897-98 | Millville Glassblowers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1898-99 | Millville | NBL | 20 | 37 | 0 | 74 | 3.7 | ||||
| 1899-00 | Camden | NBL | 23 | 30 | 0 | 60 | 2.6 | ||||
| 1900-01 | Millville | NBL | 27 | 58 | 51 | 167 | 6.2 | ||||
| 1901-02 | Millville | NBL | 38 | 92 | 12 | 196 | 5.2 | ||||
| 1902-03 | Philadelphia/Wilmington | NBL | 40 | 170 | 6 | 346 | 8.7 | ||||
| 1903-04 | Camden | NBL | 13 | 33 | 1 | 67 | 5.2 | ||||
| 1903-04 | Westfield | WML | 22 | 43 | 19 | 105 | 4.8 | ||||
| 1903-04 | Xavier | PL | 5 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 6.0 | ||||
| 1904-05 | Millville | Indep | |||||||||
| 1905-06 | Millville | Indep | |||||||||
| 1906-07 | Millville | Indep | |||||||||
| 1906-07 | Camden Nationals | Indep | |||||||||
| 1907-08 | Camden | Indep | |||||||||
| 1907-08 | De Neri | PL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1908-09 | Camden | Indep | |||||||||
| 1908-09 | De Neri | PL | 6 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 4.2 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 195 | 480 | 112 | 1072 | 5.5 | ||||||