User:Dammit steve/Ebony Dickinson
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Personal information | |
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Born | Detroit, Michican, USA | September 8, 1977
Died | September 29, 2009 USA | (aged 32)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | N/A |
Listed weight | N/A |
Career information | |
College | St. John's University |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
1999-2000 | KFÍ |
2002 | UMF Njarðvík |
Ebony Dickinson, (September 8, 1977 – September 29, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. After graduating from St. John's University in 1999 she went overseas and achieved success playing professional basketball in Iceland, Sweden, Greece and China.
Iceland
[edit]For the 1999-2000 season, Dickinson joined newly promoted KFÍ in the Icelandic top women division. She went on to lead the league in scoring (32,2 ppg) and rebounding (18,7)[1], and tied the then record for most points in a game (56) while also break the record for most rebounds in a game (29).
In 2002, she briefly joined UMF Njarðvík for the Icelandic Cup Finals game. Despite scoring 28 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and stealing 5 balls, Njarðvík lost the Finals game in overtime, 81-74[2].