{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Billy DeAngelis | image = | image_size = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 180 | nationality = American | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|5}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | high_school = Cherry Hill<br>(Cherry Hill, New Jersey) | college = Saint Joseph's (1965–1968) | draft_year = 1968 | career_start = 1968 | career_end = 1978 | career_position = Point guard | career_number = 3 | coach_start = 1971 | coach_end = 1972 | years1 = 1968–1969 | team1 = Trenton Colonials | years2 = 1969–1971 | team2 = Wilmington / Delaware Blue Bombers | years3 = 1970 | team3 = New York Nets | years4 = 1971–1972 | team4 = Cherry Hill Demons / Hazleton Hurricanes / Bits | years5 = 1972–1973 | team5 = Hamburg / Hazleton Bullets | years6 = 1973–1974 | team6 = Hamilton Pat Pavers | years7 = 1974–1977 | team7 = Hazleton Bullets | years8 = 1977–1978 | team8 = Wilkes-Barre Barons | cyears1 = 1971–1972 | cteam1 = Cherry Hill Demons / Hazleton Hurricanes / Bits | highlights = * EBA champion (1978) * 4× All-EBA Second Team (1972–1975) }} '''William R. DeAngelis''' (born October 5, 1946) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent one season in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the New York Nets during the 1970–71 season. He attended Saint Joseph's University.

DeAngelis grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and graduated in 1964 from what is now Cherry Hill High School West; he was later inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame.<ref>Strauss, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/business/a-50th-high-school-reunion-and-a-generation-to-follow-.html "A 50th High School Reunion, and a Generation to Follow"], ''The New York Times'', September 19, 2014. Accessed October 29, 2018. "Today the drive-in spot is occupied by the Crowne Plaza hotel, where the Worthingtons, along with about 100 former classmates, gathered on a recent Saturday night for the 50th reunion of their Cherry Hill High School West graduating class..... Mike Saltzburg, star baseball pitcher; Tommy May, all-South Jersey lineman; and basketball star Bill DeAngelis, a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame, were there, too.... And Mr. DeAngelis did get to play one season, 1970-71, with the Nets when that team was in the American Basketball Association."</ref>

DeAngelis also played baseball at Saint Joseph's, and was inducted into the school's baseball hall of fame in 2004, recognizing his accomplishments as a middle infielder who had a career batting average of .303 and set season and career records for triples.<ref>[http://www.sjuhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31200&ATCLID=208726771 "Three Added To Saint Joseph's Baseball Hall; 2003 Team Honored"], Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball, September 1, 2004. Accessed August 8, 2019. "Bill DeAngelis, Dennis Fabian and Ron Obermeier are the three latest inductees to the Saint Joseph's University Baseball Hall of Fame.... A native of Cherry Hill, N.J. (Cherry Hill), DeAngelis was a two-time honorable mention All-Middle Atlantic Conference selection at shortstop."</ref>

DeAngelis played in the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) / Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) for the Trenton Colonials, Wilmington / Delaware Blue Bombers, Cherry Hill Demons / Hazleton Hurricanes / Bits, Hamburg / Hazleton Bullets, Hamilton Pat Pavers and Wilkes-Barre Barons from 1968 to 1978.<ref name=sc>{{cite web |title=Billy DeAngelis minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-deangbil001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 11, 2025}}</ref> He won an EBA championship with the Barons in 1978.<ref>{{cite web |title=1977-78 Wilkes-Barre Barons Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAPAB/y-1977 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref> He was selected to the All-EBA Second Team from 1972 to 1975.<ref name=sc/> DeAngelis served as head coach of the Cherry Hill Demons / Hazleton Hurricanes / Bits during the 1971–72 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Billy DeAngelis minor league basketball coaching record |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/c-deangbil001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 11, 2025}}</ref>

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