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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

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship  *  Led the league

NBA

Source[2]

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1953–54 Syracuse 72 19.5 .384 .747 3.4 1.7 6.0
1954–55† Syracuse 70 19.7 .357 .766 3.5 2.1 7.1
1955–56 Syracuse 72 17.8 .379 .759 3.0 2.2 7.4
1956–57 Fort Wayne 71 24.0 .336 .798 4.6 2.4 8.2
1957–58 Detroit 35 18.5 .379 .613 2.9 1.9 7.4
1959–60 Detroit 25 14.6 .359 .805 2.8 1.8 5.1
Career 345 19.6 .363 .758 3.5 2.1 7.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1954 Syracuse 13* 28.8 .486 .710 3.7 1.9 8.9
1955† Syracuse 11* 11.8 .354 .735 2.8 1.0 6.4
1956 Syracuse 8 16.0 .356 .696 2.1 1.8 6.0
1957 Fort Wayne 2 15.0 .154 .000 .5 2.5 2.0
1958 Detroit 7 14.1 .409 .556 2.7 .7 6.6
Career 41 18.6 .397 .693 2.8 1.5 6.9

References

  1. ^ "Former Syracuse Nationals player Bill Kenville dies at age 87". syracuse.com. June 20, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "Billy Kenville NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2023.

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