George "Jiff" Wilson is a retired American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player.

A 6'8" (2.03 m), 225 lb (102 kg) center

Center (basketball)

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, Wilson starred at Marshall High School

John Marshall Metropolitan High School

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 in Chicago

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, Illinois

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, where he won state championships in 1958 and 1960. After playing collegiately at the University of Cincinnati

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, being a member of the 1962 NCAA championship team, he won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Wilson was then drafted by the Cincinnati Royals

Sacramento Kings

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 with their territorial selection in the 1964 NBA Draft

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. He played seven seasons in the NBA with the Royals, the Chicago Bulls

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, the Seattle SuperSonics

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 (acquired via the 1967 NBA Expansion Draft

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), the Phoenix Suns

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 (acquired via the 1968 NBA Expansion Draft

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), the Philadelphia 76ers

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, and the Buffalo Braves

Los Angeles Clippers

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 (acquired via expansion draft prior to the 1970-71 season), averaging 5.4 points per game

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 and 5.2 rebounds per game in his career.

In 2010, Wilson was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.

He currently works as a YMCA

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 director and lives in Fairfield, Ohio

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