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Earl Williams

Age 75 · USA · 201 cm (6'7") · 104 kg · Born Mar 24, 1951 · Winston-Salem State

5.0 PPG 5.7 RPG 1.1 APG 99 games 2 seasons

Career snapshot

2seasons
99games
493career pts
15.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Boston Celtics · 20 games · 1978-79–1978-79

Position rank · 1974-75

#24PPG rank
#32PER rank
#32WS rank
Among 35 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 6.1 1978-79 · BOS
RPG 5.8 1974-75 · —
APG 1.2 1974-75 · —
PER 15.3 1978-79 · BOS
WS 0.4 1978-79 · BOS

Draft

1974
Round 3 · Pick 49
from Winston-Salem State

Career by team

Boston Celtics
1978-79 – 1978-79 · 1 seasons
6.1 PPG 5.3 RPG 0.6 APG
20 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1974-75 NBA 79 0 13.2 4.7 5.8 1.2 0.4 0.4 41.4 0.0 43.7 — —
1978-79 BOS 20 0 13.7 6.1 5.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 43.9 0.0 58.3 15.3 0.4

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Born on March 24

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About Earl Williams

Earl Lee "the Twirl" Williams is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player who in 1990 and 1991 was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League.