Wally was a really great guy.

I just looked up his dad and found this:

"Bill attended Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri. He was member of the football team that had a 41 game winning streak and has been inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. He was also a four-year starter on Missouri Valley's basketball team, winning All-Conference Honors for three years. He was listed in Ripley's "Believe It or Not" for playing a basketball game in one state for Missouri Valley in the afternoon and playing a football game for Missouri Valley in another state that night. Bill graduated in 1949 with a degree in Business Administration, graduating cum laude. After graduating from college Bill joined Phillips Petroleum Company (now Conoco Phillips). While he had a job with Phillips, his primary reason for joining them was to play basketball with their famous Phillips "66ers". While doing this he turned down offers from several professional basketball teams including the New York Knicks. After playing four years with the Phillips 66ers, he played one year with the Ada Oilers in Houston, Texas. After his basketball days were over, he settled in Midland..."