Glen Saville

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Glen Saville
Personal information
Small forward / Shooting guard
Born	(1976-01-17) 17 January 1976 Bendigo, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Listed height	6 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in (197 cm)
Listed weight	214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
Pro playing career	1995–2013
Career history
1995–2007	Wollongong Hawks
2007–2008	Sydney Kings
2008–2013	Wollongong Hawks
Career highlights and awards
5x All-NBL Second Team (2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011) NBL Best Defensive Player (2003) 3x All-NBL Third Team (2001, 2006, 2010) NBL Grand Final MVP (2001) NBL champion (2001)

Glen Saville (born 17 January 1976 in Bendigo, Victoria) is an Australian former professional basketball player who played the majority of his career playing for the Wollongong Hawks in the Australasian National Basketball League.

Club career

Saville was one of the NBL's most versatile players, being called upon many times to man any position on the court using his size, strength and speed to handle whatever match-up the opposition threw his way. His career began at the AIS and after graduation he signed with the Wollongong Hawks in 1995. After an impressive rookie season, he competed for Australia at the Junior World Championships. Saville continued to develop as a player was named as captain of the Hawks in 2000. A year later, he led Wollongong to an NBL championship victory and was named as the Larry Sengstock Medalist for his efforts.

After twelve dominating years with the Hawks, Saville declined to sign with Wollongong and instead signed as a free agent with the Sydney Kings for the 2007–08 NBL season. On 18 June 2008, the Wollongong Hawks announced that they had re-signed Saville after the termination of the Sydney Kings.

Saville had his iconic #12 singlet retired by the Wollongong Hawks upon the completion of the 2008–09 season.^[1] He is one of only four Illawarra–Wollongong players to have received this honour.

On 31 January 2013, Saville announced his retirement from professional basketball after occurring a season-ending injury.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Representative career

In 2004, Saville was a part of the Boomers squad that played in the Olympic Games and was a key contributor to their success. Saville unfortunately missed out on a 2006 Commonwealth Games selection due to a knee surgery that also cut short his 2005–06 season.

References

External links

Profile at Eurobasket.com
Profile at andthefoul.net

Awards
Preceded by Marcus Timmons	NBL Grand Final MVP 2001	Succeeded by Brett Maher

v t e Australia squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 9th place

4 Ronaldson 5 Maher 6 Bogut 7 Cattalini 8 Rillie 9 Bruton 10 Smith 11 Heal 12 Saville 13 Andersen 14 Nielsen 15 Rogers Coach: Goorjian

v t e Australia squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 7th place

4 Anstey 5 Mills 6 Bogut 7 Ingles 8 Newley 9 Bruton 10 Barlow 11 Worthington 12 Saville 13 Andersen 14 Nielsen 15 Redhage Coach: Goorjian

Persondata
Name	Saville, Glen
Alternative names
Short description	Australian basketball player
Date of birth	17 January 1976
Place of birth	Bendigo, Victoria
Date of death
Place of death

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