DePaul University Athletics
Hall of Fame & Jersey Retirements
Bill Schyman
- Induction:
- 2006
Bill Schyman played for DePaul men's basketball from 1950-53 where he was a three-year starter for the Blue Demons. Schyman averaged double figures as a junior and senior. During his junior season, he averaged 11.5 points per game and had a 10.6 scoring average his senior season.Â
Schyman was born with a loss of hearing and was the first deaf person to be drafted into the NBA in 1953 where he was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets. Following his professional career - that included traveling with the Harlem Globetrotters as a member of the Washington Generals - he led the Deaf Olympic Team to a gold medal in 1965.
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He coached at Gallaudet University and was also inducted into the USA Deaf Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978 before his induction into the DePaul Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Schyman was born with a loss of hearing and was the first deaf person to be drafted into the NBA in 1953 where he was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets. Following his professional career - that included traveling with the Harlem Globetrotters as a member of the Washington Generals - he led the Deaf Olympic Team to a gold medal in 1965.
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He coached at Gallaudet University and was also inducted into the USA Deaf Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978 before his induction into the DePaul Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.
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