William G. Mokray (June 6, 1907 – March 21, 1974) was an Americanbasketball statistician andhistorian.
Born and raised inPassaic, New Jersey, Mokray's love of basketball stats began while attendingPassaic High School.[1] After graduating from Rhode Island State College (now theUniversity of Rhode Island), he worked as a public relations director first for his alma mater and, beginning from 1946, for theBoston Celtics basketball team. He founded and was the editor for The Official NBA Guide, authored the history of basketball article for theEncyclopædia Britannica and wrote a 900-pageRonald Basketball Encyclopedia. He was considered the number one authority on basketball's history and owned what was considered to be the world's largest basketball library, most of which was donated to theBasketball Hall of Fame. He was enshrined into theBasketball Hall of Fame in 1965 as a contributor.