Bill Durkin

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Other uses|William Durkin (disambiguation){{!}}William Durkin}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Bill Durkin

| image =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 160

| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|4|22}}

| birth_place = Illinois

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|11|19|1922|4|22}}

| death_place =

| nationality = American

| high_school =

| college = Loyola Chicago (1940–1943)

| career_start = 1942

| career_end = 1945

| career_position = Guard

| career_number =

| coach_start = 1943

| coach_end = 1955

| years1 = 1942–1943

| team1 = Chicago Ramblers

| years2 = 1942–1943

| team2 = Detroit Eagles

| years3 = 1945

| team3 = Sheboygan Red Skins

| cyears1 = 1943–1955

| cteam1 = Mount Carmel HS

| highlights =

}}

William Joseph Durkin (April 22, 1922 – November 19, 2012) was an American professional basketball player.{{cite web| title = Bill Durkin NBL stats| work =basketball-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| date = | url =https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/d/durkibi01n.html | accessdate = September 17, 2019}}{{cite web| title = Bill Durkin | work =Peach Basket Society| publisher =| date = January 15, 2016 | url =https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2016/01/bill-durkin.html | accessdate = September 17, 2019}} He played in the National Basketball League in one game for the Sheboygan Red Skins during the 1944–45 season.{{cite web| title = Bill Durkin Statistics| work =Just Sports Stats| publisher =| date = | url =https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=durkibi01 | accessdate = September 17, 2019}} He also competed for numerous other teams in independent leagues.