Bill Chamberlain Basketball News & Bio

Name: Bill Chamberlain Hometown: New York, NY High School: Long Island Lutheran Born: December 16, 1949 Died: July 14, 2025 Height/Weight: 6-6, 188 Position: Forward Notes: Basketball Related: Dennis Wuycik | Bill L. Chambers | Eddie Fogler | Charles Scott

Chansky’s Notebook: Charter Member
Perfect. John Thompson is the first Dean Smith Award winner. Dean Smith’s relationship went back to John Thompson’s days as a high school coach at...
Thu Sep 10, 2015

Bill Chamberlain, UNC's second black recruit, says Dean Smith championed equality
Bill Chamberlain was the second black player that Dean Smith recruited to UNC, and he played for the Tar Heels at a time when he...
Mon Feb 9, 2015

The last time UNC won the NIT
In 1971, Richard Nixon was president, the United States was involved in a massively unpopular war in Vietnam and on March 27, North Carolina beat...
Tue Mar 30, 2010

Catching up: Bill Chamberlain
North Carolina's Bill Chamberlain looked Massachusetts' Julius Erving in the eye and never flinched. On that day in 1971, in Madison Square Garden, Chamberlain outshone...
Sat Feb 23, 2008

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