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American basketball player and coach (1926–2013)

William Walton Sharman (May 25, 1926 – October 25, 2013) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what was then considered the greatest backcourt duo of all time. As a coach, Sharman won titles in the ABL, ABA, and NBA, and is credited with introducing the now ubiquitous morning shootaround. Sharman was the first North American sports figure to win a championship as a player, coach, and executive. He was a 15 time NBA champion (having won four titles as a player with the Celtics, one as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, and ten as a Lakers executive), and a 17 time World Champion in basketball overall counting his ABL and ABA titles. Sharman is also a two time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, having been inducted in 1976 as a player, and in 2004 as a coach. Only John Wooden, Lenny Wilkens, Tommy Heinsohn and Bill Russell share this double honor. Sharman is also notable for coaching the 1971 72 Lakers to an NBA record 33 game win streak, a then record regular season 69–13 win–loss mark, and the first Lakers championship in Los Angeles.

William Walton Sharman was born on May 25, 1926, in Abilene, Texas. He attended Porterville High School, a high school in the Central California city of Porterville, California, where he excelled in basketball and baseball.

Sharman served during World War II from 1944 to 1946 in the US Navy, and was a graduate of the University of Southern California. He played first base on the 1948 USC Trojans' College World Series championship team. Following his senior year, Sharman was selected as one of the 1950 NCAA Men's Basketball All Americans.

From 1950 to 1955, Sharman played professional baseball in the Brooklyn Dodgers minor league system. He was called up to the Dodgers late in the 1951 season but did not appear in a game. He was part of a September 27 game in which the entire Brooklyn bench was cleared from the dugout for arguing with the home plate umpire over a ruling at the plate. This has led to the legend that Sharman holds the distinction of being the only player in baseball history to have ever been ejected from a major league game without ever appearing in one. However, although Sharman was among the Dodger bench players that had to go to the clubhouse, none of them were actually barred from playing in the game. In fact, in the top of the ninth, one of the other dismissed players, Wayne Terwilliger, was used as a pinch hitter in the game.

Sharman was drafted by the Washington Capitols in the second round of the 1950 NBA draft.

Following the disbanding of the Capitols, Sharman was selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons in the dispersal draft and was subsequently traded to the Boston Celtics (with Bob Brannum) for Chuck Share prior to the 1951–52 season. Sharman played a total of ten seasons for the Celtics, leading the team in scoring between the 1955–56 and 1958–59 seasons and averaging over 20 points per game during three of them. Sharman was one of the first NBA guards to shoot better than .400 from the field. He led the NBA in free throw percentage a record seven times (including a record five consecutive seasons), Sharman was named to the All NBA First Team from 1956 through 1959, and was an All NBA Second Team member in 1953, 1955, and 1960. Sharman still holds the NBA All Star Game record for field goals attempted in a quarter with 12. Sharman ended his NBA playing career after 11 seasons in 1961.

Sharman coached the Cleveland Pipers of the American Basketball League to the league championship in 1962. On October 29, 1996, Sharman was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players. In October 2021, Sharman was again honored as one of the league’s greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.

As Lakers general manager, Sharman built the 1980 and 1982 NBA championship teams, and as Lakers president he oversaw the 1985, 1987, and 1988 NBA championship teams. Sharman retired from the Lakers front office in 1991 at age 65.

Sharman died at his home in Redondo Beach, California, on October 25, 2013, at the age of 87, after having had a stroke the week prior.

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