(This is a player from the 70s-80,s he was 68 had a 47 vertical. He use to touch the top of the backboard in the summer tourn. He was as athletic as any player today and flamed out in the n a because he didnt work at his craft this is a example that jumping ability has always been around ) Bill Willoughby had a career that was undistinguished. Nicknamed Poodle, he was a journeyman who played for six different NBA teams in eight years, before his career ended with the New Jersey Nets in 1984, at the age of 26. Willoughby was tremendously athletic, having a 47 inch vertical leap. He had played center throughout his high school career, and was forced to play forward in the pros. Willoughby gained some brief fame in the 1981 NBA postseason while with the Houston Rockets by becoming one of the few players ever to block Kareem Abdul-Jabbars skyhook at its apex.[2]
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