John Taft (basketball)

John Taft
Personal information
Born	April 4, 1968 (age 56); Huntsville, Alabama
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High school	Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama)
College	Marshall (1988–1991)
Position	Guard
Career history
1991	San Miguel Beermen
1992–1993	Valur
1998–1999	Ironi Ashkelon
Career highlights and awards
	Icelandic All-Star (1993); 2× SoCon Player of the Year (1989, 1990); 3× First-team All-SoCon (1989–1991); No. 22 retired by Marshall Thundering Herd;

John Taft (born April 4, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player. Taft play his college basketball career at Marshall University where he was All-Southern Conference and twice was the Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. After his career at Marshall, Taft went overseas to play professional basketball in Iceland, Cyprus, Philippines, and Israel.^[1] In Israel, Taft played for Ironi Ashkelon.^[2]

Professional career[edit]

In December 1992, Taft signed with Valur of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.^[3] In his debut with Valur, he scored 45 points in a narrow loss against Snæfell in the Icelandic Cup.^[4] In February 1993, he was selected to the Icelandic All-Star game^[5] where he scored 32 points.^[6] For the season, he averaged 26.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists in 12 league games.

References[edit]

^ "Alabama All-Decade basketball players". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
^ Euro Basketball profile
^ "John Taft til liðs við Val". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 December 1992. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ Kristján Sigurðsson (15 December 1992). "Nýju Kanarnir fóru á kostum". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Körfuboltaveisla". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 12 February 1993. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "B-riðils úrval sigraði". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 16 February 1993. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

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[1] "Alabama All-Decade basketball players". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-01-22.

[2] Euro Basketball profile

[3] "John Taft til liðs við Val". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 December 1992. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[4] Kristján Sigurðsson (15 December 1992). "Nýju Kanarnir fóru á kostum". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[5] "Körfuboltaveisla". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 12 February 1993. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[6] "B-riðils úrval sigraði". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 16 February 1993. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

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