Spencer Dunkley
Personal information | |
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Born | Wolverhampton, England | 5 September 1969
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 1993: 2nd round, 51st overall pick |
Selected by the Indiana Pacers | |
Playing career | 1993–2004 |
Position | Center |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1993 | Long Island Surf |
1993–1994 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
1994–1995 | Avtodor Saratov |
1995–1996 | Optima Gent |
1996 | Connecticut Pride |
1996 | Limoges CSP |
1996–1998 | Besançon BCD |
1998–1999 | Scandone Avellino |
1999 | CB Valladolid |
2000–2001 | Lugano Tigers |
2001 | Scandone Avellino |
2001–2002 | Viola Reggio Calabria |
2002 | Aveiro Esgueira |
2002–2003 | Maccabi Haifa B.C. |
2003–2004 | London Towers |
As coach: | |
2009–2012 | Appoquinimink High |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Earl Spencer Dunkley (born 5 September 1969) is a British retired basketball player.
Biography
[edit]Earl Spencer Dunkley was born in Wolverhampton on 5 September 1969. He attended Parkfield High School in Wolverhampton before moving to the U.S. and settling in Newark, Delaware, where he studied at Newark High School and the University of Delaware, playing on the latter's basketball team.
Dunkley was selected by the Indiana Pacers of the NBA during the 1993 draft, becoming the first British basketballer to play in the NBA.[1] As a journeyman who played as a centre, he went on to play for teams in Belgium, England, France, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and the U.S. before his retirement in 2004. He then returned to Delaware, where he coached the Appoquinimink High School basketball team from 2009 to 2012.
References
[edit]- ^ "Spencer Dunkley lives up to his promise". University of Delaware Messenger. 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Spencer Dunkley on Lega Basket (in Italian)[unreliable source?]
- Spencer Dunkley on Liga ACB (in Italian)[Link to precise page]
- 1969 births
- Living people
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Delaware
- Besançon BCD players
- British men's basketball players
- CB Valladolid players
- Centers (basketball)
- Connecticut Pride players
- Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball players
- Gent Hawks players
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- Indiana Pacers draft picks
- Liga ACB players
- Limoges CSP players
- London Towers players
- Lugano Tigers players
- Maccabi Haifa B.C. players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Sportspeople from Wolverhampton
- Newark High School (Delaware) alumni
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- British basketball biography stubs