Claude Williams (basketball, born 1965)

Claude Williams (born 1965)^[1] is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the North Carolina A&T Aggies before playing professionally in the Netherlands and France.

Claude Williams

Personal information
Born	1965 (age 58–59)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
College	North Carolina A&T (1983–1988)
NBA draft	1988: undrafted
Playing career	1989–1998
Position	Forward
Career history
1989–1991	BS Weert
1991–1992	Châlons-en-Champagne
1992–1993	Châlons-sur-Marne
1993–1994	Nancy
1994–1998	Évreux
Career highlights and awards
LNB Pro B champion (1994) MEAC Player of the Year (1988) MEAC Tournament MVP (1988) 3× First-team All-MEAC (1986–1988) Second-team All-MEAC (1985)

College career

Williams played five seasons of college basketball for the North Carolina A&T Aggies. After appearing in just five games in 1983–84, he was a consistent member of the Aggies from 1984–85 to 1987–88. In 122 career games, he averaged 13.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game.^[2] He was named the MEAC Player of the Year and MEAC Tournament MVP as a senior in 1988.^[3]

In 2016, Williams was inducted into the North Carolina A&T Sports Hall of Fame. As of 2016, he was third all-time in scoring (1,648), second in rebounding (973), fifth in field goals made (604), fifth in steals (196), and second in free throw attempts (676).^[4]

Professional career

In 1989–90 and 1990–91, Williams played in the Netherlands for BS Weert. He led the Dutch Basketball League in steals both seasons and blocks in his second season.^[5][6]

For the 1991–92 season, Williams moved to France to play for Châlons-en-Champagne in the LNB Pro B. For the 1992–93 season, he joined Châlons-sur-Marne in the LNB Pro A. He returned to the Pro B to play for Nancy in 1993–94. Between 1994 and 1998, he played four seasons for Évreux, with the first season in the Pro B and the final three in the Pro A.^[7]

References

1. "Claude Williams". eurobasket.com. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
2. "Claude Williams". sports-reference.com. from the original on April 27, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
3. "MEAC Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). meacsports.com. (PDF) from the original on November 14, 2022.
4. "Hall of Fame, A&T Introduce New Hall of Fame Class". ncataggies.com. September 1, 2016. from the original on November 14, 2022.
5. . j-dus.com (in Dutch). Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
6. . j-dus.com (in Dutch). Archived from the original on July 12, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
7. "Claude Williams". lnb.fr (in French). from the original on November 14, 2022.

External links

• French League profile
• Sports-Reference.com profile