Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.
Founded Bing Steel in 1980
Played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons (1966-1975), Washington Bullets (1975-1977), and Boston Celtics (1977-1978).
Elected mayor of Detroit. Bing will serve the balance of the term of Kwame Kilpatrick, who resigned in September 2008, and was jailed after admitting to perjury.