William Allen Edwards (born August 28, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a tall small forward-power forward. During his playing career, his nickname was "Dollar Bill" Edwards.
College career Edwards played college basketball at Wright State University, with the Wright State Raiders, where he became one of the school's legends. He was voted the Summit League Player of the Year in 1993.
Professional career Edwards was never drafted by an NBA franchise. He spent his rookie season with the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and was selected to the CBA All-Rookie First Team in 1994. Despite having played a few games with the Philadelphia 76ers during the 1993–94 season, it was in Europe that he had a significant 12-year career. He played in the EuroLeague with the Greek club PAOK, in the 1999–00 season, and in the FIBA SuproLeague, with the French club ASVEL, in the 2000–01 season.
National team career Edwards was a member of the bronze medal-winning senior men's Team USA at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
Personal life Edwards is the father of former Middletown High School standouts Bill Edwards Jr., who on May 6, 2009, signed a Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Penn State, and Vincent Edwards, a former NBA player, who played college basketball for Purdue.
Career pro stats (national domestic leagues) Season League Team GP MPG PPG RPG APG1993–94CBASioux Falls Skyforce5235.220.27.12.31993–94NBAPhiladelphia 76ers314.72.04.71.31994–95LBAScaligera Verona2736.119.69.01.11995–96LBACagiva Varese3437.423.37.20.81996–97GBLAEK Athens3435.917.86.62.71997–98LBACalze Pompea Roma2535.420.55.12.01998–99LBAKinder Bologna1529.414.34.61.21999–00GBLPAOK Thessaloniki2635.815.35.92.02000–01Pro AASVEL Villeurbanne1933.819.05.20.02001–02GBLPAOK Thessaloniki1235.217.85.52.02002–03ACBCasademont Girona314.66.01.60.32003–04ISBLHapoel Jerusalem517.65.43.21.22004–05BBLKoln Rein Energy3333.916.57.81.82005–06BBLEWE Oldenburg3130.214.45.81.6
References
External links NBA.com profile FIBA Archive profile FIBA Europe profile
ProBallers.com profile