HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND SIZE
Curry Kirkpatrick
December 13, 1976
That's Bill Walton, who—knock on a Douglas fir—is free of injuries at last and is one big reason that the Trail Blazers are in first
Or riding his bike. Or munching his bran muffins. Or reading his Steinbeck and Vonnegut. Or bouncing his son on his knee. "I kidded Bill the other day about the haircuts," says Herm Gilliam. "I said pretty soon he'll have a crew cut and the American flag in his window. He laughed and laughed."
It is a marvelous sight to see Bill Walton laughing again. And puffing his cheeks, too.