Spencer Dunkley Explained

Spencer Dunkley
Position:Center
Birth Date: df=y 5 September 1969
Birth Place:Wolverhampton, England
Height Ft:6
Height In:10
Weight Lb:230
Draft Year:1993
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:51
Draft Team:Indiana Pacers
Career Start:1993
Career End:2004
Years1:1993
Team1:Long Island Surf
Years2:1993–1994
Team2:Maccabi Tel Aviv
Years3:1994–1995
Team3:Avtodor Saratov
Years4:1995–1996
Team4:Optima Gent
Years5:1996
Team5:Connecticut Pride
Years6:1996
Team6:Limoges CSP
Years7:1996–1998
Team7:Besançon BCD
Years8:1998–1999
Team8:Scandone Avellino
Years9:1999
Team9:CB Valladolid
Years10:2000–2001
Team10:Lugano Tigers
Years11:2001
Team11:Scandone Avellino
Years12:2001–2002
Team12:Viola Reggio Calabria
Years13:2002
Team13:Aveiro Esgueira
Years14:2002–2003
Team14:Maccabi Haifa B.C.
Years15:2003–2004
Team15:London Towers
Cyears1:2009–2012
Cteam1:Appoquinimink High

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

Biography

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Spencer Dunkley lives up to his promise . 2 January 2022 . University of Delaware Messenger . 2002.