Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame
William H. Gravely
- Induction:
- 1998
- Class:
- 1977
Sport: Track and Field, Basketball
A four-year letterman in track and field and the owner of long-standing indoor and outdoor triple jump records that were significantly longer than the marks by any other athlete in Bucknell history, Bill Gravely was also a three-year letterman and two-year starter in basketball. The outdoor triple jump mark of 50 feet, 11 ¾ inches was set while posting a fifth-place finish at the 1976 IC4A Championships, and the indoor mark of 50-3 ½ was achieved in his senior year, when he was runner-up at IC4As. Gravely won two East Coast Conference outdoor titles and was runner-up the other two years, and he helped lead the Bison to three ECC team championships. In addition to earning All-East honors indoors and outdoors, he was the first Bucknell athlete to score points in a field event at the IC4A meet. A basketball player during his first three winters at Bucknell, Gravely averaged 5.8 points and 5.1 rebounds for his career. He came to Bucknell from Lower Merion High School.Â
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1998)
A four-year letterman in track and field and the owner of long-standing indoor and outdoor triple jump records that were significantly longer than the marks by any other athlete in Bucknell history, Bill Gravely was also a three-year letterman and two-year starter in basketball. The outdoor triple jump mark of 50 feet, 11 ¾ inches was set while posting a fifth-place finish at the 1976 IC4A Championships, and the indoor mark of 50-3 ½ was achieved in his senior year, when he was runner-up at IC4As. Gravely won two East Coast Conference outdoor titles and was runner-up the other two years, and he helped lead the Bison to three ECC team championships. In addition to earning All-East honors indoors and outdoors, he was the first Bucknell athlete to score points in a field event at the IC4A meet. A basketball player during his first three winters at Bucknell, Gravely averaged 5.8 points and 5.1 rebounds for his career. He came to Bucknell from Lower Merion High School.Â
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1998)
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