Billy Gabor

{{short description|American basketball player (1922–2019)}}

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

{{sources|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Billy Gabor

| image = Billy Gabor.jpeg

| width =

| caption = Billy the Bullet (1950)

| number = 35, 7

| position = Point guard

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 170

| league =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|05|13}}

| birth_place = Binghamton, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|06|4|1922|05|13}}

| death_place = Jupiter, Florida, U.S.

| high_school = Binghamton Central
(Binghamton, New York)

| college = Syracuse (1942–1943, 1945–1948)

| draft_year = 1948

| draft_round = —

| draft_pick = —

| draft_team = Rochester Royals

| career_start = 1948

| career_end = 1955

| years1 = 1948–{{nbay|1954|end}}

| team1 = Syracuse Nationals

| highlights =

• NBA champion (1955)
• NBA All-Star (1953)
• 2× Second-team All-American – Helms (1946, 1947)
• Third-team All-American – TSN (1946)
• No. 17 retired by Syracuse Orange

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 2,997 (9.8 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 448 (1.8 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 626 (2.0 apg)

| bbr = gaborbi01

}}

William A. Gabor (May 13, 1922 – June 4, 2019)[https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2019/06/syracuse-great-nba-star-billy-gabor-dies-at-age-of-97.html Syracuse great, NBA star Billy Gabor dies at age of 97] was an American professional basketball player. A 5'11" guard/forward known as "Billy the Bullet",{{cite journal|title=Jupiter's Billy Gabor Gets NBA Championship Ring He Earned 60 Years Ago|url=http://davegeorge.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/05/13/jupiters-billy-gabor-gets-nba-championship-ring-he-earned-60-years-ago/|journal=Palm Beach Post|date=May 13, 2015|first=Dave|last=George}} Gabor played collegiately at Syracuse University in the 1940s. He averaged 12.1 points per game during his freshman year before joining the United States Army Air Corps in 1943. He returned to Syracuse in 1945 and played three more seasons, finishing with a (then) team-record 1,344 career points. Gabor's jersey was retired by Syracuse University on March 1, 2009.

Gabor spent his professional career with the Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball League and later the National Basketball Association. He played with Syracuse until injuries forced him into retirement in 1955. In his NBA career, Gabor averaged 9.8 points per game and logged one NBA All-Star Game appearance. He won a league championship with Syracuse in 1955.