:Bill Ligon

{{Short description|American basketball player (1952–2024)}}

{{sources|date=October 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Bill Ligon

| image =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|5|19}}

| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|6|11|1952|5|19}}

| death_place = Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S.

| high_school = Gallatin Union
(Nashville, Tennessee)

| college = Vanderbilt (1971–1974)

| draft_year = 1974

| draft_round = 10

| draft_pick = 175

| draft_team = Detroit Pistons

| career_start =

| career_end = 1975

| career_number = 26

| career_position = Shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1974|full=y}}

| team1 = Detroit Pistons

| highlights =

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 126 (3.3 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 26 (0.7 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 25 (0.7 apg)

}}

William Norman Ligon (May 19, 1952 – June 11, 2024) was an American professional basketball shooting guard who played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Detroit Pistons during the 1974–75 season. The Pistons drafted him from Vanderbilt University during the tenth round (175th pick overall) of the 1974 NBA draft. He worked as an attorney, specializing in criminal defense and litigation.{{cite web |title=Union The Movie |url=http://www.unionthemovie.com/THE_TRUE_STORY/the_true_story.html |work=unionthemovie.com |publisher=Act 2 Films |accessdate=January 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207052647/http://unionthemovie.com/THE_TRUE_STORY/the_true_story.html |archive-date=December 7, 2013 |url-status=dead}} He died in Gallatin, Tennessee on June 11, 2024, at the age of 72.{{Cite news |last=Gerson |first=Aria |date=June 14, 2024 |title=Bill Ligon, Vanderbilt basketball's second Black player, dies at 72 |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/vanderbilt/2024/06/13/bill-ligon-dies-vanderbilt-basketball-black-player/74076863007/ |access-date=July 30, 2024 |work=The Tennessean}}