Billy "The Kid" Harris
Meet Billy "The Kid" Harris. He is my father and personal hero. We will be working on a biography about his experience with the NBA, his reign on the streets of Chicago and his new found redemption. This book will definitely be a page turner. Stay tuned to find out more about this Chicago Playground legend.
To read more about my father log on to dimemagazine. To sse information on his hall of fame honor log on to NIU
posted by HarrisCorner at 3:32 PM
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This was a surprise for me to find on the internet. I graduated from Dunbar with his brother Jimmy in 1971. Billy Harris went to Dunbar H.S. when I was there. He graduated in 1969 2 years before me. I remember a game against DuSable H.S. where I heard he scored 57 points in the game but we lost 83-81. I didn't see any of the games because I couldn't afford the money for the tickets. I do understand the pressure from going to a H.S. that had a superstar like Billy" The Kid" Harris. Whenever you play basketball in the neighbor-hood (Robert Taylor Homes) you had to represent your H.S. and because I went to Dunbar, I had to play the game the way I heard Billy ‘The Kid” did. I literally got beat up by the Blackstone Rangers street gang because of it. Now I know what made me play as hard as I did and why I gave up baseball to play basketball. He was really that good and on top of that, like me, he lived in the projects of Chicago. When I finally learned how to play and moved away to Detroit in 72’, I would ride around the city looking for basketball games, so I could showcase my skills and many times playing one on one for money. Detroit was tough, but It made me tougher. Thanks Billy for the memories
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