Clarion Athletics

Halley "Doc" Willison was an outstanding basketball player at Clarion who also lettered in football and track. A native of Sewickley, Pa., and a 1943 graduate of Sewickley High, Halley attended Penn State as part of the U.S. Navy's V-12 program. He played basketball for one season and was with' the Navy for two and one-half years before eventually enrolling at Clarion in the fall of 1946. He was a three-year starter on the basketball team and had an outstanding career. Voted to the All State Teachers College Teams in 1948 and 1949, Willison set the Clarion record for points in a season in 1949, pumping in 250 tallies 14 games, an average of 17.9 ppg. His career total of 509 points in three seasons was a Clarion record as well. After gaining his degree at Clarion in 1949 he was employed at Edgeworth Junior High for three years and taught at Leetsdale High 1952-56, then at Quaker Valley through 1966. He was an assistant football, basketball, and baseball coach from 1952 to 1957, then stayed with football through 1960. From 19~6 to 1982. He was a math professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and retired in 1982.