Wilmer Frederick Hosket (born December 20, 1946) is an American former professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player. He played five seasons in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

(NBA) and played

college basketball College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. In the Higher education in the United States, United States, colleges and universities are governed by collegiate athle ...

for the

Ohio State Buckeyes The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Ohio State University, located in Columbus, Ohio. The athletic programs are named after the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and after the state tree, ...

. A 6′8″

power forward The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwards have played a role similar to center (basketball), centers and are typi ...

center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentrici ...

, Hosket played basketball at Belmont High School in

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metro ...

, where he won an Ohio state championship in 1964. He was named Ohio Player of the Year and was also MVP of the state tournament.Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame
Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2017-08-21. He played college basketball at the

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

from 1965 to 1968. He led his Ohio State team in scoring and rebounding during each of his three varsity seasons and was named to three All

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Fa ...

Academic First Teams. In fall 1968, he competed at the Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal with the

United States national basketball team The USA Basketball Men's National Team, commonly known as Team USA and the United States men's national basketball team, is the basketball team representing the United States. It is the most successful men's team in international competition, ...

.Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Profile
. Retrieved 11 July 2007. Hosket then played four seasons (1968–1972) in the

as a member of the

Buffalo Braves The Buffalo Braves were an American professional basketball team based in Buffalo, New York. The Braves competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference ...

and

New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the Na ...

. He averaged 4.0

points per game Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player or team per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of poi ...

in his career and won a league championship with the Knicks in 1970. After retiring as a player, Hosket served on three United States Olympic Basketball Committees. He also founded Buckeye Basketball Camp (not officially affiliated with

) in his home state of Ohio. In 1998, Hosket was named as the President of the OHSAA Foundation and served as the foundation's first executive director. He is a principal at Hosket & Ulen, an independent insurance agency. Hosket and his wife, Patty, have three grown sons (all graduates of Ohio State) and reside in Columbus. Hosket's father, Bill Hosket, Sr., and his son, Brad Hosket, also played basketball at Ohio State.Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Profile
Hosket is a member of the Ohio State Hall of Fame and was named in 1993 to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Silver Anniversary team. He was honored in 2002 by the Ohio High School Athletic Association with its highest honor – the Ethics and Integrity Award. In 2006, he was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.

Career statistics

NBA/ABA

Source

Regular season

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" , - ! Year ! Team ! GP ! GS ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

, 50 , , 0 , , 7.0 , , .431 , , .571 , , 1.9 , , .4 , , 2.6 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", † , style="text-align:left;",

, 36 , , 0 , , 6.5 , , .505 , , .788 , , 1.8 , , .5 , , 3.3 , - , style="text-align:left";, , style="text-align:left;",

Buffalo Buffalo most commonly refers to: * True buffalo or Bubalina, a subtribe of wild cattle, including most "Old World" buffalo, such as water buffalo * Bison, a genus of wild cattle, including the American buffalo * Buffalo, New York, a city in the n ...

, 13 , , , , 16.7 , , .522 , , .647 , , 5.8 , , 1.5 , , 8.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 44 , , , , 13.5 , , .492 , , .808 , , 2.8 , , .9 , , 5.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 143 , , 0 , , 9.8 , , .485 , , .715 , , 2.5 , , .7 , , 4.0

Playoffs

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" , - ! Year ! Team ! GP ! GS ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG , - , style="text-align:left;",

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 4 , , 0 , , 5.5 , , .500 , , .000 , , 1.8 , , .5 , , 1.5 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;",

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

† , style="text-align:left;",

, 5 , , 1 , , 5.8 , , .400 , , .750 , , 1.0 , , .4 , , 2.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 9 , , 1 , , 5.7 , , .438 , , .600 , , 1.3 , , .4 , , 1.9

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hosket, Bill Jr. 20th-century American sportsmen 1946 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Dayton, Ohio Buffalo Braves expansion draft picks Buffalo Braves players Centers (basketball) Children of basketball players Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Minnesota Pipers draft picks New York Knicks draft picks New York Knicks players Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball players Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Pittsburgh Pipers draft picks Power forwards