Bill Wennington

Bill Wennington

Position	Center
Height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Born	December 26, 1963 (1963-12-26) (age 44) Montreal, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
College	St. John's
Draft	16^th overall, 1985 Dallas Mavericks
Pro career	1985–2000
Former teams	Dallas Mavericks 1985–1990 Sacramento Kings 1990–1991, 1999–2000 Virtus Bologna 1991–93 Chicago Bulls 1994–99

William ("Bill") Percey Wennington (born December 26, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired Canadian basketball player in the National Basketball Association who won three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls: the 1996, 1997 and 1998 teams. A center, he was also a member of two Canadian Olympic Basketball Teams (1984 and 1992) and the 1983 World University Games team that won gold against the USA. Wennington has been inducted into the Quebec Basketball Hall of Fame, Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame and Carey 306 Hall of Fame at St. John's University, in New York City.

Wennington attended Brookville, NY's Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School and St. John's University, playing on one NCAA Final Four team under legendary "St. John's Redmen" basketball coach, Lou Carnesecca. He was drafted in the first round of the 1985 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks, where he played his first several seasons. Before joining the Chicago Bulls, he spent a few notable years in Italy playing for Virtus (Knorr) from Bologna.

Wennington authored the book Tales From The Bulls Hardwood. He now does color commentary for the Bulls on ESPN Radio 1000 WMVP AM, Chicago.

He also had a sandwich called the "Beef Wennington," featured at McDonald's in Chicago, when he was part of the Bulls championship run.

Bill has one brother, Nick Wennington.

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FrozenHoops.com History of basketball in Canada. Selection of Top 100 Canadian players of all time

v • d • e Chicago Bulls 1995-96 NBA Champions

0 Brown \| 7 Kukoč \| 8 Simpkins \| 9 Harper \| 13 Longley \| 22 Salley \| 23 Jordan (Finals MVP) \| 25 Kerr \| 30 Buechler \| 33 Pippen \| 34 Wennington \| 35 Caffey \| 53 Edwards \| 54 Haley \| 91 Rodman \| Coach Jackson

v • d • e Chicago Bulls 1996-97 NBA Champions

00 Parish \| 1 Brown \| 7 Kukoč \| 8 Simpkins \| 9 Harper \| 13 Longley \| 18 Williams \| 23 Jordan (Finals MVP) \| 25 Kerr \| 30 Buechler \| 33 Pippen \| 34 Wennington \| 35 Caffey \| 91 Rodman \| Coach Jackson

v • d • e Chicago Bulls 1997-98 NBA Champions

1 Brown \| 5 LaRue \| 7 Kukoč \| 8 Simpkins \| 9 Harper \| 13 Longley \| 22 Booth \| 23 Jordan (Finals MVP) \| 24 Burrell \| 25 Kerr \| 30 Buechler \| 33 Pippen \| 34 Wennington \| 35 Kleine \| 91 Rodman \| Coach Jackson

v • d • e 1985 NBA Draft

First Round Patrick Ewing • Wayman Tisdale • Benoit Benjamin • Xavier McDaniel • Jon Koncak • Joe Kleine • Chris Mullin • Detlef Schrempf • Charles Oakley • Ed Pinckney • Keith Lee • Kenny Green • Karl Malone • Alfredrick Hughes • Blair Rasmussen • Bill Wennington • Uwe Blab • Joe Dumars • Steve Harris • Sam Vincent • Terry Catledge • Jerry Reynolds • A. C. Green • Terry Porter

Second Round Mike Smrek • Bill Martin • Dwayne McClain • Ken Johnson • Mike Brittain • Calvin Duncan • Manute Bol • Nick Vanos • Greg Stokes • Aubrey Sherrod • Tyrone Corbin • Yvon Joseph • Carey Scurry • Fernando Martín • George Montgomery • Mark Acres • Lorenzo Charles • Bobby Lee Hurt • Barry Stevens • Voise Winters • John "Hot Rod" Williams • Adrian Branch • Gerald Wilkins

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