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Benjamin Wilson Jr. (March 18, 1967 – November 21, 1984) was an American high school basketball player from Chicago, Illinois. Wilson, a Neal F. Simeon Vocational High School basketball player, was regarded as the top high school player in the U.S. by scouts and coaches attending the 1984 Athletes For Better Education basketball camp.
Ben Wilson, an American high school basketball star from Neal F. Simeon High School in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was shot in the neighborhood surrounding the school during its lunch hour on November 20, 1984. Wilson died from injuries sustained in the shooting the following morning.
Nov 22, 2022 · CHICAGO (CBS) --Ben Wilson was a high school basketball standout on the path to stardom when he was senselessly gunned down. On Monday, Chicago took steps to make sure his name is never...
Feb 14, 2020 · Ben Wilson, who died in 1984 in Chicago, was once rated among the best high school basketball players in the country and recruited by the University of Illinois weeks before his death.
Nov 15, 2019 · Ben Wilson was the nation's top-rated prep basketball player when he was slain near Simeon High School. The vigil was held at the Benjamin E. Mayo and Elmer L....
Nov 21, 2012 · -- Billy Moore, the man who murdered Ben Wilson. Twenty-eight years ago today, two bullets ended the life of a Chicago basketball star and ruined the lives of many others. Ben Wilson, a 6-foot-7 forward from Simeon High School, was considered the No. 1 high school player in the country.
Nov 21, 2022 · Simeon Career Academy basketball star was gunned down on Nov. 21, 1984. CBS 2's Phil Walters reports on Wilson's funeral at what was then Operation PUSH headquarters, and the call to action ...
Feb 5, 2024 · Benjamin Benji Wilson died on November 21, 1984—the morning after his shooting on South Vincennes Avenue in Chatham on the South Side of Chicago. Wilson was the star player on the Simeon Career Academy high school basketball team, the defending AA State Champions entering his senior season.
Oct 24, 2012 · Simeon basketball star Ben Wilson, who was shot to death in November of 1984, is on the minds of many after being the subject of an ESPN “30 for 30” documentary Tuesday.
Oct 24, 2012 · Not much has changed in Chicago in the years since Ben Wilson lost his life. Black-on-black crime is still rampant and gun violence on the South Side is still at epidemic levels.
