Bill Closs

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other Bill Tom Closs (January 8, 1922 – June 6, 2011) was an American basketball player. He played collegiately for Rice University. In his final year, he led the Southwest Conference in scoring and was All-American in 1943. In 1971 he was inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame, and in 2003 his basketball jersey was retired.

He joined the Marine Reserve while still at Rice, and was posted in the Fleet Marine Force Pacific Headquarters in Oahu, Hawaii in 1944.

Closs started professional basketball with Indianapolis in 1946. He played for the Anderson Packers (1948–50), Philadelphia Warriors (1950–51) and Fort Wayne Pistons (1951–52) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 186 games. Following the conclusion of his professional basketball career, Closs enjoyed over 35 years of success in the sporting goods industry.

Closs died on June 6, 2011.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1949–50	Anderson	64		.315	.718		2.5	11.8
1950–51	Philadelphia	65		.320	.744	6.2	1.7	8.8
1951–52	Fort Wayne	57	19.6	.308	.682	3.6	1.3	6.1
Career		186	19.6	.315	.718	5.0	1.9	9.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1950	Anderson	8		.303	.833		1.8	11.4
1951	Philadelphia	2		.250	.600	4.0	2.5	3.5
1952	Fort Wayne	1	21.0	.167	1.000	8.0	4.0	5.0
Career		11	21.0	.293	.816	5.3	2.1	9.4

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