Lionel "Big Train" Billingy (born August 31, 1952) is a retired American
basketball
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player and a basketball coach.
He played collegiately for the
Duquesne University
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ( or ; Duquesne University or Duquesne) is a private Catholic research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened as the Pittsbu ...
.
He was drafted by, and played for, the
Virginia Squires
The Virginia Squires were a basketball team based in Norfolk, Virginia, and playing in several other Virginia cities. They were members of the American Basketball Association from 1970 to 1976.
The team originated in 1967 as the Oakland Oaks, a ...
(1974–75) in the
American Basketball Association
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...
for 46 games.
As of 2006, he lives in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, where he coaches, holds youth basketball camps and works as a preacher.
External links
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Basketball Camp pageNBA.com Stats
1952 births
Living people
Allentown Jets players
Basketball coaches from New York (state)
American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
American expatriate basketball people in France
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from New York (state)
Duquesne Dukes men's basketball players
Liège Basket players
Milwaukee Bucks draft picks
Virginia Squires draft picks
Virginia Squires players
Power forwards (basketball)
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