Nationality American NBA draft 1972 / Undrafted Height 1.78 m Awards Indiana Mr. Basketball College Butler (1969–1972) Role Basketball player Position Guard | Listed weight 160 lb (73 kg) Name Billy Shepherd Education Carmel High School Pro career 1972–1975 Weight 73 kg | |
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Born November 18, 1949 (age 74)
Bedford, Indiana ( 1949-11-18 ) | ||
Listed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Billy Shepherd, perhaps Butler's best player ever
Bill "Billy" L. Shepherd, Jr. (born November 18, 1949) is a former American basketball player.
A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) guard born in Bedford, Indiana, Shepherd played at Carmel High School, where he was coached by his father, Bill Shepherd, Sr. He scored 2,465 points in four years and was selected as Indiana's Mr. Basketball in 1968. He then played at Butler University, also his father's alma mater, from 1969 to 1972, and set school records for highest career scoring average (24.1 points per game) and highest scoring average in a season (27.8 points per game).
From 1972 to 1975, Shepherd played in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Virginia Squires, San Diego Conquistadors, and Memphis Sounds. He averaged 5.7 points per game in his professional career, and led the ABA in three-point field goal percentage (.420) during the 1974–75 season. Afterward, he worked as a scout for Marty Blake. Shepherd was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997.
