Johan Josef "John" Willis (born September 23, 1952) is an

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former basketball player. He played the guard position. He played for ten seasons in the

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, and also played for the

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Biography

Willis attended

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('74), and played for the

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from 1971 to 1974. He holds school records for points in a game (48), rebounds in a season (389; 1973-74) and career field goal percentage (54.4). He also ranks fourth in school history in career rebounds (839), and sixth on the Huskies' all-time scoring list with 1,467 points. He was named to the 1972 and 1973

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Basketball All-East Division Second Team. He was 1973-74 All-

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East Division First Team. He had his jersey retired, and was inducted into the Bloomsburg University Men's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990. He played for ten seasons in the

for Hapoel Tel Aviv,

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, and Macabee Rishon LeZion. He also played for the

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, competing in the 1981 FIBA European Championship for Men, 1983 FIBA European Championship for Men, 1984 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, and 1985 FIBA European Championship for Men. In 2011, after 25 years in the jewelry business, he was hired by the Fantasy Diamond Company as an outside sales representative, based in the

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area.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Willis, John American men's basketball players Israeli American Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players Hapoel Haifa B.C. players Israeli men's basketball players Hapoel Holon players Bloomsburg Huskies men's basketball players 1952 births Living people