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Making the List: Herb Williams
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It is Christmas Time. First and foremost allow me to take this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful and blessed season. I’ll get to New Year’s with you next week.
For Making the List this week I labored over two names. I won’t say who the other one was – I’ll be getting to him soon enough. But the one I did decide upon is most certainly deserving. And that is Herb Williams.
For whatever reason, I find the necessity in mentioning that I could have been in High School with Herb. I was born and raised in the South End of Columbus and my era was the mid-to-late 70’s. I attended Catholic Schools but had my parents decided to send me to a Public High School I would have been in the district of Marion-Franklin. That’s where Herb went to School. Just think, with me living in NYC now, and for a while too, when Herb was with the Knicks, I just may have been front-row come Game Time with some freebies! Just wondering!
Anyway Herb was a talented star in High School. He would dominate the landscape of Columbus and receive several offers at the collegiate level. Of such schools as Ohio University, University of Cincinnati, University of Pittsburgh, University of Illinois, and more, he’d stay home – deciding on The Ohio State University.
Herb was an instant success with the Buckeyes. In the completion of his freshmen year in 1978 he would amass 452 points. At the time of this accomplishment it would rank # 1 on the Buckeyes Records List. Since then the record has fallen to 7th overall. In rebounds for his freshmen year he would also rule with 308 in total. This too would become a new record for a Freshmen Buckeye. Since then only Jared Sullinger would pass him – doing so in 2011. In blocked shots Herb would swat 79 balls. This too would be a new Buckeyes Freshmen record. Greg Oden has since set the record – in 2007.
In Herb’s four years in Columbus his scoring breakdown looks like this:

Herb is 2nd on the All-Time Scoring List for The Ohio State University; Only Dennis Hopson is ahead of him; at the time though his numbers were # 1.
In rebounding Herb is at #2 overall for the Buckeyes with 1,111 total rebounds. Only Jerry Lucas is ahead of him.
He is 10th overall in total rebounds in a single season in 1979 with 325.
In his total career rebounding average per game he is listed at # 7 with 9.74.
In blocked shots Herb is # 2 with 328. Again at the time this was the #1 record for the Buckeyes history records.
On Feb. 23rd in 1980 against the Iowa Hawkeyes Herb amazingly blocked 9 shots.
Believe it or not I am not done. Between 1978-81- Herb Williams would have 59 double-doubles (scoring & rebounds). Only Jerry Lucas would have more with 78.
At 6’10” Herb Williams would have a long and prosperous NBA career. In 18 years he would play for The Indiana Pacers, The Dallas Mavericks, The NY Knicks, and 1 game with the Toronto Raptors.
While in the NBA Herb would be in 1,102 games. He would average 10.8 points in those games with 5.9 rebounds. His NBA career came to an end in the Garden with the Knicks. They would hire him as an assistant coach and even utilize his expertise as an Interim Coach on a few occasions between stops for bigger names.
Herb Williams, a South Ender of Columbus, Ohio unquestionably deserves to be part of Making The List. His numbers provide overwhelming evidence that cannot be disputed. He was a force to reckon with in his days of Scarlet & Gray – a dominant player in absolutely every facet of the game of basketball. Let us be real here too – being employed in the NBA for 18 years as a player is a testament to the “ability” to play some round ball.
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jcollingsworth via our good friends at Buckeye Battle Cry
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here

It is Christmas Time. First and foremost allow me to take this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful and blessed season. I’ll get to New Year’s with you next week.
For Making the List this week I labored over two names. I won’t say who the other one was – I’ll be getting to him soon enough. But the one I did decide upon is most certainly deserving. And that is Herb Williams.
For whatever reason, I find the necessity in mentioning that I could have been in High School with Herb. I was born and raised in the South End of Columbus and my era was the mid-to-late 70’s. I attended Catholic Schools but had my parents decided to send me to a Public High School I would have been in the district of Marion-Franklin. That’s where Herb went to School. Just think, with me living in NYC now, and for a while too, when Herb was with the Knicks, I just may have been front-row come Game Time with some freebies! Just wondering!
Anyway Herb was a talented star in High School. He would dominate the landscape of Columbus and receive several offers at the collegiate level. Of such schools as Ohio University, University of Cincinnati, University of Pittsburgh, University of Illinois, and more, he’d stay home – deciding on The Ohio State University.
Herb was an instant success with the Buckeyes. In the completion of his freshmen year in 1978 he would amass 452 points. At the time of this accomplishment it would rank # 1 on the Buckeyes Records List. Since then the record has fallen to 7th overall. In rebounds for his freshmen year he would also rule with 308 in total. This too would become a new record for a Freshmen Buckeye. Since then only Jared Sullinger would pass him – doing so in 2011. In blocked shots Herb would swat 79 balls. This too would be a new Buckeyes Freshmen record. Greg Oden has since set the record – in 2007.
In Herb’s four years in Columbus his scoring breakdown looks like this:

Herb is 2nd on the All-Time Scoring List for The Ohio State University; Only Dennis Hopson is ahead of him; at the time though his numbers were # 1.
In rebounding Herb is at #2 overall for the Buckeyes with 1,111 total rebounds. Only Jerry Lucas is ahead of him.
He is 10th overall in total rebounds in a single season in 1979 with 325.
In his total career rebounding average per game he is listed at # 7 with 9.74.
In blocked shots Herb is # 2 with 328. Again at the time this was the #1 record for the Buckeyes history records.
On Feb. 23rd in 1980 against the Iowa Hawkeyes Herb amazingly blocked 9 shots.
Believe it or not I am not done. Between 1978-81- Herb Williams would have 59 double-doubles (scoring & rebounds). Only Jerry Lucas would have more with 78.
At 6’10” Herb Williams would have a long and prosperous NBA career. In 18 years he would play for The Indiana Pacers, The Dallas Mavericks, The NY Knicks, and 1 game with the Toronto Raptors.
While in the NBA Herb would be in 1,102 games. He would average 10.8 points in those games with 5.9 rebounds. His NBA career came to an end in the Garden with the Knicks. They would hire him as an assistant coach and even utilize his expertise as an Interim Coach on a few occasions between stops for bigger names.
Herb Williams, a South Ender of Columbus, Ohio unquestionably deserves to be part of Making The List. His numbers provide overwhelming evidence that cannot be disputed. He was a force to reckon with in his days of Scarlet & Gray – a dominant player in absolutely every facet of the game of basketball. Let us be real here too – being employed in the NBA for 18 years as a player is a testament to the “ability” to play some round ball.
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