Bill Kenville Explained

Bill Kenville
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:187
Birth Date:1 December 1930
Birth Place:Elmhurst, New York
Death Place:Binghamton, New York
Nationality:American
College:St. Bonaventure (1950–1953)
Draft Round:3
Draft Pick:22
Draft Year:1953
Draft Team:Syracuse Nationals
Career Start:1953
Career End:1960
Career Number:15, 14, 6, 10
Career Position:Point guard / shooting guard
Years1:
Team1:Syracuse Nationals
Years2:
Team2:Fort Wayne / Detroit Pistons
Highlights:
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:2,434 (7.1 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:1,206 (3.5 rpg)
Stat3label:Assists
Stat3value:715 (2.1 apg)
Bbr:kenvibi01

William McGill Kenville (December 1, 1930 – June 19, 2018[1]) was an American professional basketball player born from Elmhurst, New York.

A 6'2" (1.88 m) guard from St. Bonaventure University, Kenville played six seasons (1953–1958; 1959–1960) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Syracuse Nationals and Fort Wayne/Detroit Pistons. He averaged 7.1 points per game and won a league title with Syracuse in 1955.

Career statistics

NBA

Source[2]

Regular season

YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
Syracuse72 19.5 .384 .747 3.4 1.7 6.0
Syracuse70 19.7 .357 .766 3.5 2.1 7.1
Syracuse72 17.8 .379 .759 3.0 2.2 7.4
Fort Wayne71 24.0 .336 .798 4.6 2.4 8.2
Detroit35 18.5 .379 .613 2.9 1.9 7.4
Detroit25 14.6 .359 .805 2.8 1.8 5.1
Career345 19.6 .363 .758 3.5 2.1 7.1

Playoffs

YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
1954Syracuse13* 28.8 .486 .710 3.7 1.9 8.9
1955Syracuse11* 11.8 .354 .735 2.8 1.0 6.4
1956Syracuse8 16.0 .356 .696 2.1 1.8 6.0
1957Fort Wayne2 15.0 .154 .000 .5 2.5 2.0
1958Detroit7 14.1 .409 .556 2.7 .7 6.6
Career41 18.6 .397 .693 2.8 1.5 6.9

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Syracuse Nationals player Bill Kenville dies at age 87 . 2018-06-20 . syracuse.com . 2018-06-21.
  2. Web site: Billy Kenville NBA stats. Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 30 September 2023.