At UCLA, Walton was a three-time National Player of the Year. In the NBA, he won the MVP in the 1977-78 season, and was a two-time champion.
Former UCLA Bruins Bill Walton, right, and Reggie Miller prior to a NCAA Pac 12 basketball game between the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins at Pauley Pavillion on the campus of UCLA on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 in Los Angeles. Two-time NBA champion and Hall of Famer Bill Walton has died of cancer at the age of 71. Former UCLA Bruins Bill Walton during a NCAA basketball game between the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Two-time NBA champion and Hall of Famer Bill Walton has died of cancer at the age of 71. Former UCLA Bruins Bill Walton, right, and Reggie Miller prior to a NCAA Pac 12 basketball game between the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins at Pauley Pavillion on the campus of UCLA on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 in Los Angeles.
FILE – Former UCLA NCAA college basketball coach John Wooden, center, is flanked by UCLA alumni stars Bill Walton, left, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during a birthday party for Wooden in Los Angeles, Oct. 20, 1980. Senior center Thomas Welsh is the seventh player in UCLA history with 1,000 career points and 900 career rebounds , joining a list that includes Hall of Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton. He’ll play his final home game at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday night against Oregon. Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins before becoming a Hall of Famer and one of the biggest stars in basketball broadcasting, died Monday, the league announced on behalf of his family.
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