As a star at Dunbar High School (DC), he was known as Willie Jones and developed into Washington D.C.’s finest jump shooter and led the city in scoring in 1956.

During the summers, Willie held his own on the District’s competitive playgrounds against such future NBA Hall of Famers as Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor.

Jones was named to the first-team, All-American College Division squad that year and invited to the Olympic Trials in Denver, Colorado.

[3] Following his college career, he played for the Baltimore Bullets of the Eastern Professional Basketball league along with Bill Spivey and Sherman White.

[7] Sports Illustrated noted Wil Jones’ recruiting talent, "In the most amazing recruiting coup the college game has seen in recent years, the coach persuaded 6'11", 215-pound Earl Jones (no relation), the most highly publicized high school player in the nation last season, to forsake the glamorous heavyweights of Division I for Division II UDC.