What is Billy Gabor?
[[File:Billy Gabor.jpeg|thumb|200px|Gabor in 1950]] '''William A. Gabor''' (May 13, 1922 – June 4, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] professional [[basketball]] player. He played as a [[point guard]]. Between 1948 and 1955, he played for the [[Syracuse Nationals]] of the [[National Basketball League (United States)|National Basketball League]] and later the [[National Basketball Association]]. He was an [[NBA champion]] in 1955 and an [[NBA All-Star Game|NBA All-Star]] in 1953. At the time of his death in 2019, he was believed to the oldest living former NBA player. Gabor was born in [[Binghamton, New York]]. He died of [[pneumonia]] on June 4, 2019 in [[Jupiter, Florida]]. He was 97.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26897812/former-syracuse-star-billy-gabor-dead-97|title=Former Syracuse star Billy Gabor dead at 97 |publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=June 4, 2019|access-date=June 5, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gaborbi01.html Billy Gabor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306074134/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gaborbi01.html |date=2011-03-06 }} at Basketball-Reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Gabor, Bill}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American basketball players]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Florida]] [[Category:Sportspeople from New York (state)]] [[Category:People from Binghamton, New York]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}