Brent Darby

Brent Darby

Personal information
Born	(1981-06-06)June 6, 1981 River Rouge, Michigan
Died	December 6, 2011(2011-12-06) (aged 30) Detroit, Michigan
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school	River Rouge (River Rouge, Michigan)
College	Ohio State (1999–2003)
NBA draft	2003: undrafted
Playing career	2003–2010
Position	Point guard
Career history
2003–2004	AZS Koszalin
2004	Spójnia Stargard Szczeciński
2004	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2004–2005	Pallacanestro Trapani
2005–2006	Carife Ferrara
2006–2007	Air Avellino
2007–2008	Dinamo Sassari
2008–2009	Pistoia Basket 2000
2009	Pepsi Caserta
2009–2010	Limoges CSP
2010	Reyer Venezia Mestre
Career highlights and awards
Polish League Top Scorer (2004)

Brent Darby (June 6, 1981 – December 6, 2011) was an American professional basketball player. He played at the point guard position.

College career

Darby played college basketball with the Ohio State Buckeyes, between 1999 and 2003, and was a part of two Big Ten champion teams. He averaged 9.6 points per game in his sophomore season, 12.8 points per game as a junior, and 18.3 points and 4.4 assists per game in his senior year, in 2002–03. At the end of his college career, he was ranked 25th on the school's career scoring list, with 1,368 points scored.

Professional career

After college, Darby played professional basketball internationally, from 2003 until 2009, in Israel, Poland, Spain, and France (Limoges CSP), and he also spent several years in Italy (Pepsi Juvecaserta Basket, Giorgio Tesi PT, Banco di Sardegna Sassari, S.S. Felice Scandone (Sidigas AV), Umana Reyer Venezia Mestre).

Personal life and death

Darby eventually had to stop playing basketball, as he battled a series of blood clot problems. Doctors implanted filters in Darby's body to break up clots before they reached his lungs, and he had a surgery to remove a large clot from his leg. He died in 2011.