Career
His life is chronicled in "Billy "The Hill" and the Jump Hook," as told by him to Eric Brach
A 6"9" center/forward from the University of Utah, he was the National Collegiate Athletic Association scoring leader in the 1961-1962 season with 1,009 points in 26 games (388 points per game), a higher one-season average than any previous player except Frank Selvy in the 1953-1954 season. McGill was selected by the Chicago Zephyrs with the first pick of the 1962 National Basketball Association Draft. He played three seasons (1962-1965) in the National Basketball Association and 2 seasons (1968-1970) in the American Bar Association. In his American Bar Association/National Basketball Association career, he scored a combined 3,094 points.
His pro basketball career did not bring him wealth or security.
By the early 1970s, he was in debt and living on the streets before sportswriter Brad Pye Junior. arranged for McGill to be employed by Hughes Aircraft. That job ended in 1995.
He died on July 11, 2014 from natural causes at the age of 74.