Walter Palmer (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born | Ithaca, New York | October 23, 1968
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Washington-Lee (Arlington County, Virginia) |
College | Dartmouth (1986–1990) |
NBA draft | 1990 / Round: 2 / Pick: 33rd overall |
Selected by the Utah Jazz | |
Playing career | 1990–2003 |
Position | Center |
Number | 33, 31 |
Career history | |
1990–1991 | Utah Jazz |
1991–1992 | EnBW Ludwigsburg |
1992–1993 | Dallas Mavericks |
1993 | Argal Huesca |
1993–1994 | EnBW Ludwigsburg |
1994–1995 | |
1995 | Olimpia Stefanel Milano |
1995–1996 | Ferro Carril Oeste |
1996–1997 | Gießen 46ers |
1997–1999 | Brose Baskets |
1999–2000 | Le Mans |
2000–2001 | Skyliners Frankfurt |
2002–2003 | Phantoms Braunschweig |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats ![]() | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Walter Scott Palmer (born October 23, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Utah Jazz in the second round (33rd pick overall) of the 1990 NBA draft. A 7'1" center from Dartmouth College, Palmer played two years in the NBA for the Jazz and Dallas Mavericks. In his NBA career, he appeared in a total of 48 games and averaged 2.1 points per game.
Palmer later played in basketball leagues in Europe and South America, before transitioning into union activism on behalf of professional athletes in Europe. He co-founded SP.IN, the first basketball players union in Germany, and served as its general secretary. He became general secretary of the UBE, the federation of European basketball player unions and then co-founded and was the general secretary of the European Elite Athletes Association (EU Athletes) which represents over 25,000 athletes in a number of popular sports. He then worked as the Head of Department for UNI Sport PRO (now the World Players Association), a global platform for athlete unions and a sector of UNI Global Union. In 2014 he was hired as the Director for International Relations and Marketing of the NBA Players Association before resigning in June, 2015. He now works as a consultant for different players associations and sports related businesses.
External links[]
- College & NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
- 1968 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Argentina
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players
- Basketball players from New York (state)
- Brose Bamberg players
- CB Peñas Huesca players
- Centers (basketball)
- Dallas Mavericks players
- Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball players
- Ferro Carril Oeste basketball players
- Gießen 46ers players
- Le Mans Sarthe Basket players
- Liga ACB players
- Olimpia Milano players
- Riesen Ludwigsburg players
- Skyliners Frankfurt players
- Sportspeople from Ithaca, New York
- Utah Jazz draft picks
- Utah Jazz players
- Washington-Liberty High School alumni
- American basketball biography, 1960s birth stubs