Earl Spencer Dunkley (born 5 September 1969) is a British retired basketball player.

Spencer Dunkley
Personal information
Born (1969-09-05) 5 September 1969 (age 55)
Wolverhampton, England
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
NBA draft1993: 2nd round, 51st overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Pacers
Playing career1993–2004
PositionCenter
Career history
As player:
1993Long Island Surf
1993–1994Maccabi Tel Aviv
1994–1995Avtodor Saratov
1995–1996Optima Gent
1996Connecticut Pride
1996Limoges CSP
1996–1998Besançon BCD
1998–1999Scandone Avellino
1999CB Valladolid
2000–2001Lugano Tigers
2001Scandone Avellino
2001–2002Viola Reggio Calabria
2002Aveiro Esgueira
2002–2003Maccabi Haifa B.C.
2003–2004London Towers
As coach:
2009–2012Appoquinimink High
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ "Spencer Dunkley lives up to his promise". University of Delaware Messenger. 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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