Bill Gabor

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Bullet Billy Gabor was a tremendous playmaker and prolific scorer, and the first Syracuse player to have a significant career in the NBA. While small in stature, he was extremely fast. He averaged 12.1 points a game his freshman year, before World War II called him to duty. Gabor was a bombardier and Lieutenant in the Army Air Corp. During his freshman season he would set the single game scoring record of 28 points (which would be broken 3 days later by Bob Shaddock).

Gabor returned to college and basketball in 1945. His first season back he led the Orangemen to a then school record 23-4, with a post season NIT bid. The Orangemen won by an average of 22.1 ppg. He would set a school record for points in a game with 36 versus Oswego.

He would lead the Orangemen in scoring three seasons after his return. During his junior season (1946-47), Gabor established new school records for points in a season becoming the first Orangeman to score 400+ points. He earned All-American status that season.

His senior year, both he and the team dropped off, though when Gabor finished his career he was then the school's all-time leading scorer, and the first to surpass the 1000 point mark.

Gabor was drafted by the NBA's Syracuse Nationals and made the league's all-rookie team in 1949. He would play seven seasons in the NBA, all for the Nationals. In 1953 he was named to the NBA All-Star team, and in 1955 he was part of the Syracuse Nationals NBA Championship team. He was frequently injured in his career and called it quits after the 1955 season.