Ronnie Williams (basketball)


Ronnie Williams is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball with the Florida Gators, where he was a four-time All-SEC selection and led the team in scoring each season he played. Williams holds the Gators' records in points, field goals made, free throws made and free throws attempted. He was selected by the Boston Celtics as the 47th overall pick in the 1984 NBA draft but never played in the National Basketball Association. He has then played in the Continental Basketball Association for the Tampa Bay Thrillers, the Pensacola Tornados and the Mississippi Jets. After his first season in the CBA he was back with the Boston Celtics for the 1985–86 preseason, but was cut in early October 1985 by Celtics coach K. C. Jones.
Williams played with the Palm Beach Stingrays of the United States Basketball League in 1987 and in 1988. He was released after one month with the team on June 22, 1988.

College career

Suspension

Williams was suspended along with three teammates for the first month of the 1982–83 season due to a telephone fraud case. Williams, Vernon Delancy, Tony Rogers and Rodney Williams of the Florida Gators basketball team, along with Gators football player Lorenzo Hampton and sprinter Roger Dixon, were charged with making more than $1,600 in illegal telephone calls and placing them on the University Athletic Association's bill. The suspended players were required to repay the telephone company and maintain good behavior for one year.