Above) Bill Walton as a Portland Trailblazer in 1976-77; the team came back from a 2-0 finals deficit to beat the favored Philadelphia 76ers.
A Bill Walton retrospective on CelticsBlog.com
By Professor Parquet / Cort Reynolds
Bill Walton was the quintessential southern California baby boomer turned flower child.
No one or five articles can adequately describe the multi-layered personality of Big Bill. He was the rare great athlete who transcended his sport.
Armed with boundless energy and enthusiasm, he was a fierce Vietnam War protestor, a political champion of minorities and underdogs, even though he suffered from a severe stuttering problem. Walton was a serious bicyclist and a renowned music lover, especially of his favorite band, the Grateful Dead.
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