Bill Melis

William Melis

Personal information
Born	(1960-08-28) August 28, 1960 Cleveland, United States
Listed height	6 ft 7.93 in (2.03 m)
Career information
College	Kenyon College
Playing career	1982–1996
Position	Power forward (basketball)
Number	9,14
Career history
1982–1988	Apollon Patras B.C.
1988–1990	PAOK
1991–1994	Dafni
1994–1995	Peiraikos Syndesmos
1995–1996	Milon

William Melis (Greek: Μπιλ Μέλις or Βασίλης Μέλις) is a former Greek–American professional basketball player.

College career

Melis played college basketball at Kenyon College. He was the captain of the team during his senior season. Moreover, he is still one of the most pertinent players of his college, having almost 49% at field goals.

Professional career

Melis started his career playing with Apollon Patras B.C. At his first season, one of his best performance was a game against PAOK. Melis scored 27 points in a 73-85 home defeat. At 1986–87 season Melis scored 361 points in Greek Basketball League and he finished in first ten scorers. In 1988 he was transferred to PAOK. Thessaloniki's club paid to Apollon 25 million Greek drachma and gave five players, including Mark Petteway, Zaharias Katsoulis, Gerasimos Tzakis, Platon Hotokouridis and Panagiotis Kalogiros. He played two years with PAOK, and he missed 1990-91 season due to a serious family problem. Melis joined to Dafni in 1991, and he played for three years in the Greek Basketball League. He finished his career playing in Greek A2 Basket League with Peiraikos Syndesmos and Milon.

External links

• at esake.gr