Bill Wold

In 1956, playing high school baseball for Fairfax High School, Wold batted .566 and was named to the Los Angeles All City Baseball Team.[1]

In both 1957 and 1958, at Los Angeles Valley College, Wold was All-League and All-Southern California in basketball for the Monarchs, and playing left field for the Monarchs baseball team was named to the 1958 All-League baseball second team.[2][1] He then transferred colleges, and played guard for the Oregon State Beavers basketball team from 1959-61.[3][4][5] He was named to the 1959 Far West Classics All-Star Team and was All Coast Honorable Mention.[1][6][7]

From 1966 to 1968, Wold played professional basketball for the Hapoel Tel Aviv basketball team in the Israeli Basketball Premier League in Israel.[1][7] He was named to the 1967 Israel National five.[1]

Wold then returned to the United States, and for the next 30 years taught high school and coached high school basketball, including at Douglas High School.[1][7][8] His son Rich Wold later also played basketball for Oregon State.[4]

He was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.[1] Wold was also inducted into the Los Angeles Unified School District Hall of Fame.[7]