Bill Wennington
Canadian basketball player (born 1963)
William Percey Wennington (born April 26, 1963) is a Canadian former professional basketball player who won three National Basketball Association (NBA) championships with the Chicago Bulls. A center, he represented Canada in the 1984 Olympics and the 1983 World University Games, where the team won gold. He was on the Canadian team which narrowly missed qualifying for the 1992 Olympics. Wennington has been inducted into the Quebec Basketball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. In June 2026, Complex Canada named Wennington 17th in their ranking of The 20 Best Canadian Basketball Players of All Time.
Amateur career
Born in Montreal, Wennington moved to Long Island as a child. He did not play basketball until moving to the United States and claimed he "didn't touch a basketball" until he was 11 years old. He attended Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School in Brookville, New York, where he played under coach Bob McKillop, and led the Crusaders to a No. 1 ranking in the northeast region and a top 10 ranking in the U.S. He was recruited to St. John's University in Queens, New York and he played on an NCAA Final Four team under coach Lou Carnesecca.
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