Bob Wilson

Robert Wilson


Born:
March 8, 1926
Clarksburg, WV

Died:
August 26, 2014
Newark, NJ


Career
1941-42 Kelly Miller High School - Clarksburg, WV (High School)
1942-43 Kelly Miller High School - Clarksburg, WV (High School)
1943-44 Kelly Miller High School - Clarksburg, WV (High School)
1947-48 West Virginia State University (College)
1948-49 West Virginia State University (College)
1949-50 West Virginia State University (College)
1950-51 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent)
1951-52 Milwaukee Hawks (NBA)
1951-52 Leone's All-Stars - West Virginia (Indepedendent)

Born in the North View section of Clarskburg, West Virginia, Wilson went to Kelly Miller High School in Clarksburg (a "colored" school until the 1956 integration.) After playing at WVSU, he played a year for the Globetrotters before playing with the Milwaukee Hawks,but his NBA career ended with a knee injury. He moved to Newark where he was heavily involved in the city and YMCA.

He and his wife, Josephine Crozier, had four children

Source:
WVSU Website, August 27, 2014
Obituary, West Virginia Gazette, August 26, 2014

Stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wilsobo01.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=wilsobo01