| Jeff Dowdell | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power Forward / Centre |
| Height | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 101 kg (222 lb) |
| Team | Cairns Taipans |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Born | 13 March 1987 Cooma, New South Wales |
| Junior Association | Shoalhaven Tigers |
| Debut | 2005 |
| Previous Clubs | Perth Wildcats 2005-2009 Townsville Crocodiles 2009-2010 Adelaide 36ers 2010-2011 |
| Career Highlights | 2005 NSW Junior Player of the Year … averaged 20 ppg for NSW at the 2005 Under 20 National Championships ... attended four All-Australia camps (2002-05)... trained with the Crocs national Under 22 side in 2005 ... AIS scholarship holder 2003 - 2005 ... competed at the 2004 Albert Sweitzer tournament in Germany ... 2005/06 Perth Wildcats Most Improved Player ... averaged 24.8 points and 8.6 rebounds per game in South East Australian Basketball League playing for Albury/Wodonga Bandits in 2006 ... named in All- Star five for East conference in 2006 SEABL season |
Jeffery Dowdell (born 13 March 1987 in Cooma, New South Wales) is an Australian basketball player currently playing for the Cairns Taipans in the NBL. He is a product of the Shoalhaven Tigers basketball program which has produced several NBL, WNBL and NCAA players including his brother Ben who spent 2007-2011 attending Santa Clara University and playing for the Santa Clara Broncos.
In 2005, the 6'9" (205 cm) tall Dowdell played his rookie NBL season with the Perth Wildcats at the age of 18, the same year he was named as NSW Junior Player of the Year. In his second NBL season with the Wildcats he was named the clubs Most Improved Player. He established himself as a regular part of the Wildcats rotation.[1]
After the 2006-07 NBL season, Dowdell played for the Wanneroo Wolves in the Western Australian State Basketball League, where he averaged 27.5 ppg.[2]
Dowdell left the Wildcats to play for the Townsville Crocodiles in the 2009-10 NBL season where he played 31 games, averaging 3.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game for the season.
Following a single season with the Crocodiles, Dowdell signed to play for the Adelaide 36ers for the 2010-11 NBL season and played all 28 games for the 36ers and averaged 4.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. In his 169 game NBL career he is so far averaging 4.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.[3]
After the 2010/11 season, Dowdell once again change clubs, this time moving north to the Cairns Taipans.
At the end of 2011, the Adelaide Crows Football Club announced the signing of Jeff Dowdell's younger brother Ben to the rookie list. He has no AFL background and was signed purely for height, athleticism and potential.[4]