Spencer Dunkley
Birth date5 September 1969
Birth placeWolverhampton, England
Height6 ft
Height in11
Weight lb230
High schoolNewark (Newark, Delaware)
CollegeDelaware (1989–1993)
Draft year1993
Draft round2
Draft pick51
Draft teamIndiana Pacers
Career start1993
Career end2004
Years 11993
Team 1Long Island Surf
Years 21993–1994
Team 2Maccabi Tel Aviv
Years 31994–1995
Team 3Avtodor Saratov
Years 41995–1996
Team 4Optima Gent
Years 51996
Team 5Connecticut Pride
Years 61996
Team 6Limoges CSP
Years 71996–1998
Team 7Besançon BCD
Years 81998–1999
Team 8Scandone Avellino
Years 91999
Team 9CB Valladolid
Years 102000–2001
Team 10Lugano Tigers
Years 112001
Team 11Scandone Avellino
Years 122001–2002
Team 12Viola Reggio Calabria
Years 132002
Team 13Aveiro Esgueira
Years 142002–2003
Team 14Maccabi Haifa B.C.
Years 152003–2004
Team 15London Towers
Cyears 12009–2012
Cteam 1Appoquinimink HS
Highlights
  • First-team All-NEC (1993)

Earl Spencer Dunkley (born 5 September 1969) is a British former 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.

References

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