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Darryl Dawkins (born January 11, 1957 in Orlando, Florida) is a former professional basketball player, most noted for his days with the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he also played briefly for the Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz late in his career. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nickname: The City Beautiful, O-Town, 407 Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ...
Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ...
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The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ...
The Detroit Pistons are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in the Detroit metropolitan area. ...
The Utah Jazz are a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...
Drafted by the 76ers
Dawkins was one of the first players to go straight from high school to the NBA, drafted fifth overall out of Maynard Evans High School by the Sixers in the 1975 NBA Draft. Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the worlds premier mens basketball league. ...
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Post NBA career Following his NBA career, Dawkins did a brief stint with the Harlem Globetrotters. In 2005, along with other former pro basketball players, Dawkins auditioned for an NBA analyst position with ESPN as part of the network's reality series Dream Job. The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition jungleball team that combines athleticism and comedy to create one of the best-known sports entertainment franchises in the world. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
ESPN (which formerly stood for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...
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The first season of Dream Job, a popular American reality television show from ESPN, began on February 22, 2004. ...
He was the head coach of the American Basketball Association's Newark Express. He was also the head coach of the short-lived Winnipeg Cyclone. The American Basketball Association (ABA) is a mens basketball league founded in 1999. ...
Newark Express Logo The Newark Express [1] is a team in the American Basketball Association American_Basketball_Association that was formed in 2005. ...
The Winnipeg Cyclone was a professional basketball club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that competed in the International Basketball Association beginning in the 1995-1996 season. ...
He was the head coach of the Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs of the United States Basketball League until they folded. Nickname: The Queen City Motto: Sic Semper Tyrannis Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Lehigh Founded 1762 - Mayor Ed Pawlowski Area - City 18. ...
The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs was a United States Basketball League team located in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. ...
The United States Basketball League OTCBB: USBL is a professional mens spring basketball league. ...
Personal Dawkins is the author of Chocolate Thunder: The Uncensored Life and Times of Darryl Dawkins (co-authored with Charley Rosen) [1], which chronicles his on and off-the-court life as an NBA star. In the book, Dawkins writes of some of the racism he encountered during his NBA career, playing alongside 76ers superstar Julius Erving, and his off-the-court experiences with drugs, parties and women. Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950 in Roosevelt, New York), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a former American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim. ...
Dawkins resides currently in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Trivia - Dawkins has the record for most personal fouls committed in a season, with 386 in 1984, which is seven more than his 379 fouls the previous year, which ranks second all time. [2]. He committed one more personal foul during his career than Michael Jordan, despite playing nearly 350 fewer games than Jordan [3].
- In 1999, Saturday Night Live named Darryl Dawkins the "Man of the Millennium" in a "Weekend Update" sketch.
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Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ...
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