Bill Ward

Nationality: AUS
Date of Birth: 1/05/64
Place of Birth: Melbourne (VIC)
Position: GRD
Height (CM): 180
Weight (KG): #N/A
Junior Assoc: Vic - Bulleen
College: None

NBL CAREER OVERVIEW

NBL DEBUT 3/02/84 Age 19

LAST NBL GAME 7/09/85 Age 21

TEAM HISTORY

Brisbane1984-85

CHAMPIONSHIPS

Brisbane (1985)

BIO: Bill Ward was born in Melbourne (VIC) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Bulleen basketball program. Ward received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) in 1981. He spent two years year there and played for the program’s state league team (1981, 1982).

NBL EXPERIENCE

Bill Ward made his NBL debut with the Brisbane Bullets at 19 years of age. He scored eight points in his first game.

After falling short against Canberra Cannons in the previous years Grand Final, the Brisbane Bullets added the legendary Cal Bruton to the squad and young John Dorge to the squad and played with a renewed vigor in 1985. Ward averaged 5.5 points and 1.3 rebounds, and helped guide the Bullets to a first place with a record of 20-6. Ward and his new teammates then received a first round bye in the NBL playoffs and would meet the winner of the elimination final between the Coburg Giants and last year’s champions Canberra. Canberra eliminated Coburg convincingly by 23 points, setting up a grand final re-match between the two team in the semifinals.

Ward contributed 2 points and 2 steals in the 93-76 win over Canberra, which earned them a Grand Final matchup against the Adelaide 36ers.

In the deciding game Ward contributed three points and played limited minutes in the 121-95 victory but had a first class seat to watch the Bullets win first NBL championship on their home court at the Sleeman Sports Centre (Brisbane).

Bill Ward played two seasons the Brisbane Bullets. He averaged 4.7 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 1.1 assists in 53 NBL games.

NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1985	21	Brisbane	20-6 (1)	26	143	35	36	11	24	19	1	18	30	54	143	38%	16	38	42%	19	27	70%	46%	43%	15
1984	20	Brisbane	19-5 (2)	27	111	29	27	13	16	20	1	19	26	48	130	37%	5	16	31%	10	16	63%	40%	39%	16
Totals				53	254	64	63	24	40	39	2	37	56	102	273	37.4%	21	54	38.9%	29	43	67.4%	44%	41%	16

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1985	21	Brisbane	20-6 (1)	26	5.5	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.2	2.1	5.5	38%	0.6	1.5	42%	0.7	1.0	70%	46%	43%	15
1984	20	Brisbane	19-5 (2)	27	4.1	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.8	4.8	37%	0.2	0.6	31%	0.4	0.6	63%	40%	39%	16
Total				53	4.8	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.1	1.9	5.2	37.4%	0.0	0.0	38.9%	0.4	1.0	67.4%	44%	41%	16

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
16	6	5	4	1	3	0

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

AIS 1981-82 | Swan Districts 1990

Swan Districts 1990, 19g, 324pt @ 17.1

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