Sunday, October 16, 2016

Breakout Athletes: Bill Erickson, East

1945-1946: First team all-conference at forward
1945-1946: First-team all-state Champaign News-Gazette, second team all-state Chicago Daily News
East statistics
Year
G
Points
Avg.
1944-1945
24
188
7.8
1945-1946
26
380
14.6
Totals
50
568
11.4

1946-1950: Division 1 basketball player at Illinois
1948-1949: All-Big 10, first team All-American Collier's, third team All-American UPI
1949-1950: All-Big 10, honorable mention Associated Press All-American
Illinois statistics
Year
G
Points
Avg.
1946-1947
20
61
3.1
1947-1948
20
147
7.4
1948-1949
25
261
10.4
1949-1950
22
229
10.4
Totals
87
698
8.0

1950: Taken in the 7th round of the NBA draft by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks
NPBL statistics
Year
Team
G
Points
Avg.
1950-1951
Saint Paul
20
92
4.6

1953-1954: Coach at Freeport High School
1955-1958: Coach at Rockford College

1987: Died at age 59

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