Playing Career
After his successful college career, he was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League in the 1975 NHL Entry Draft in the eighth round. He played only parts of 3 seasons with the Maple Leafs before spending six years in Switzerland, playing for EHC Kloten and HC Davos of Nationalliga A. He returned to the NHL in 1985 and played three seasons with the Minnesota North Stars before retiring as a player in 1988.
Wilson was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes at the age of 24.
Wilson also played on the U.S. national hockey team on a number of occasions throughout his career, including the 1975, 1981, 1983 and 1987 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments.
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