Players

Bill Schoof

Year Inducted: 1979

Category: Players

Schools / Organizations: (Chicago Heights) Bloom High School
The University of Iowa

Biography: Bill Schoof is great player from (Chicago Heights) Bloom High School. In both his junior and senior years, Bill was named as an All-South Suburban Conference player. He also made the All-Suburban League Team in each season. His senior year, Bill was named to the All-Chicago area team. After high school, Bill moved west to the University of Iowa. He was a regular for the Hawkeyes from 1954-56. In that time Iowa won the Big Ten Conference title twice. In 1954, the squad finished 4^th in the nation. In 1955 the team finished 2^nd, getting beaten in the NCAA tournament by Bill Russell’s great University of San Francisco team. That championship game was played at Northwestern University’s McGaw Hall.