Brent Darby

Brent Darby
Personal information
Born (1981-06-06)June 6, 1981
River Rouge, Michigan
Died December 6, 2011(2011-12-06) (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
Playing 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.

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