Bill Melis Explained

William "Bill" Melis
Height Ft:6
Height In:7.93
Number:9,14
Nationality:Greek / American
Birth Date:28 August 1970
Birth Place:Cleveland, United States
Career Start:1982
Career End:1996
Career Position:Power forward (basketball)
Years1:1982–1988
Team1:Apollon Patras B.C.
Years2:1988–1990
Team2:PAOK
Years3:1991–1994
Team3:Dafni
Years4:1994–1995
Team4:Peiraikos Syndesmos
Years5:1995–1996
Team5:Milon

William "Bill" Melis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μπιλ Μέλις or Βασίλης Μέλις) is a former GreekAmerican professional basketball player.

College career

Melis played college basketball at Kenyon College. He was the captain of the team during his senior season. Moreover, he is still one of the most pertinent players of his college, having almost 49% at field goals.

Professional career

Melis started his career playing with Apollon Patras B.C. At his first season, one of his best performance was a game against PAOK. Melis scored 27 points in a 73-85 home defeat.[1] At 1986–87 season Melis scored 361 points in Greek Basketball League and he finished in first ten scorers.[2] In 1988 he was transferred to PAOK. Thessaloniki's club paid to Apollon 25 million Greek drachma and gave five players, including Mark Petteway, Zaharias Katsoulis, Gerasimos Tzakis, Platon Hotokouridis and Panagiotis Kalogiros.[3] He played two years with PAOK, and he missed 1990-91 season due to a serious family problem. Melis joined to Dafni in 1991, and he played for three years in the Greek Basketball League. He finished his career playing in Greek A2 Basket League with Peiraikos Syndesmos and Milon.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.esake.gr/el/221C7135 esake.gr
  2. "Α1 10+1 χρόνια", 1997
  3. http://paok-basketballretro.blogspot.gr/2013/04/blog-post_13.html paok-basketballretro.blogspot.gr Νίκος Βεζυρτζης: οι αποτυχημένες μεταγραφές!