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Canadian basketball player (born 1963)
William Percey Wennington
(born April 26, 1963) is a Canadian former professional basketball player who won three
National Basketball Association
(NBA)
championships
with the
Chicago Bulls
. A
center
, he represented
Canada
in the
1984 Olympics
and
1983 World University Games
, where the team won gold. He was also on the Canadian team that narrowly missed qualification for the
1992 Olympics
. Wennington has been inducted into the Quebec Basketball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Amateur career
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Born in
Montreal
, Wennington later attended
New York
's
Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School
, where he played under coach
Bob McKillop
, and led the Crusaders to, at one time, a No. 1 ranking in the northeast region, and a top 10 ranking in the nation. He then was recruited to
St. John's University
, and he played on one NCAA
Final Four
team under basketball coach
Lou Carnesecca
.
Professional career
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He was drafted 16th in the first round of the
1985 NBA draft
by the
Dallas Mavericks
, where he played his first several seasons. Wennington made his NBA debut on October 29, 1985.
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On June 26, 1990, he was traded to the
Sacramento Kings
along with two 1990 first-round draft picks in exchange for
Rodney McCray
and two future second-round draft picks.
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Before signing as a free agent with the
Chicago Bulls
in 1993, he spent a few years in Italy playing for
Virtus (Knorr)
from
Bologna
. In 1998, Chicago-area
McDonald's
restaurants sold a sandwich named after Wennington called the Beef Wennington.
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After the break-up of the highly successful Chicago Bulls of the 1990s, Wennington played his final NBA season with the
Sacramento Kings
.
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He played alongside
Ron Harper
,
Michael Jordan
,
Scottie Pippen
and
Dennis Rodman
. Wennington was the backup center for
Luc Longley
.
Post-basketball career
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After his playing career ended, Wennington became a radio color commentator for the Bulls.
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Wennington was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005.
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See also
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