University of Massachusets Athletics
Hall of Fame
Billy Tindall
- Induction:
- 1997
- Class:
- 1968
A two-sport athlete at the University of Massachusetts, Billy Tindall competed for the basketball team and the track and field squad from 1965-68.
A two-time all-Yankee Conference selection in basketball, Tindall led the conference in scoring with a 22.7 points per game scoring average in 1968.
Tindall ranked second on the UMass career scoring list with 1,277 points upon graduation, a mark that still ranks him in the top 15 on the all-time list. He still holds several single-game records, including his 41-point performance vs. Vermont in 1968.
As a track athlete, Tindall set Yankee Conference and UMass records outdoors in the triple jump in 1966 and 1967 and the high jump in 1968. He also set the indoor high jump mark in 1967 and won Yankee Conference championships in each of those events.
Tindall was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997.
A two-time all-Yankee Conference selection in basketball, Tindall led the conference in scoring with a 22.7 points per game scoring average in 1968.
Tindall ranked second on the UMass career scoring list with 1,277 points upon graduation, a mark that still ranks him in the top 15 on the all-time list. He still holds several single-game records, including his 41-point performance vs. Vermont in 1968.
As a track athlete, Tindall set Yankee Conference and UMass records outdoors in the triple jump in 1966 and 1967 and the high jump in 1968. He also set the indoor high jump mark in 1967 and won Yankee Conference championships in each of those events.
Tindall was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997.
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