Bill Wold is an American former basketball player. He played basketball in college for

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and the Oregon State Beavers basketball team. He then played professional basketball for the Hapoel Tel Aviv basketball team in the

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in Israel.

Biography

In 1956, playing high school baseball for Fairfax High School, Wold batted .566 and was named to the Los Angeles All City Baseball Team. In both 1957 and 1958, at

, Wold was All-League and All-

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in basketball for the Monarchs, and playing

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for the Monarchs baseball team was named to the 1958 All-League baseball second team. He then transferred colleges, and played

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for the Oregon State Beavers basketball team from 1959–61. He was named to the 1959 Far West Classics All-Star Team and was All Coast Honorable Mention."Bill Wold; Fairfax High School,"
Los Angeles Unified School District Hall of Fame. From 1966 to 1968, Wold played professional basketball for the Hapoel Tel Aviv basketball team in the

in Israel. He was named to the 1967 Israel National five. Wold then returned to the United States, and for the next 30 years taught high school and coached high school basketball, including at Douglas High School."News of classmates and friends,"
''Oregon Stater'', April 1969, p. 20. His son Rich Wold later also played basketball for Oregon State. He was inducted into the

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in 2003. Wold was also inducted into the

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Hall of Fame.

References

American expatriate basketball people in Israel Basketball players from California Los Angeles Valley Monarchs men's basketball players Living people American men's basketball players Los Angeles Valley Monarchs baseball players Oregon State Beavers men's basketball players Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players {{DEFAULTSORT:Wold, Bill Year of birth missing (living people)