Brent Darby
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 6, 1981 River Rouge, Michigan |
| Died |
December 6, 2011 (aged 30) Detroit, Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | River Rouge (River Rouge, Michigan) |
| College | Ohio State (1999–2003) |
| NBA draft | 2003 / Undrafted |
| Pro career | 2003–2010 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Career history | |
| 2003–2004 | AZS Koszalin (Poland) |
| 2004 | Spójnia Stargard Szczeciński (Poland) |
| 2004 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion (Israel) |
| 2004–2005 | Pallacanestro Trapani (Italy2) |
| 2005–2006 | Carife Ferrara (Italy2) |
| 2006–2007 | Air Avellino (Italy1) |
| 2007–2008 | Dinamo Sassari (Italy2) |
| 2008–2009 | Pistoia Basket 2000 (Italy2) |
| 2009 | Pepsi Caserta (Italy1) |
| 2009–2010 | Limoges CSP (France2) |
| 2010 | Reyer Venezia Mestre (Italy2) |
Brent Darby (born in River Rouge, Michigan in 1981 - died December 6, 2011)[1] was a 6-foot-1 basketball player playing guard with the Ohio State Buckeyes between 1999 and 2003 and part of two Big Ten champions. He averaged 9.6 points his sophomore season, 12.8 points as a junior and 18.3 points his senior year 4.4 assists for the Buckeyes in his senior year in 2002-03 and ranked No. 25 in the school's career scoring list with 1,368 points.[2][3]
After graduation, Darby played professional basketball internationally from 2003 until 2009,[4] in Israel, Poland, Spain, France (Limoges CSP) and many years in Italy (Pepsi Juvecaserta Basket, Giorgio Tesi PT, Banco di Sardegna Sassari, S.S. Felice Scandone (Sidigas AV), Umana Reyer Venezia Mestre). He had to stop playing as he battled a series of blood clot problems. Doctors had implanted filters in Darby's body to break up clots before reaching his lungs and had a surgery to remove a large clot from his leg.