Eli Pasquale
Canadian basketball player (1960–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ilario Enrico "Eli" Pasquale (August 24, 1960 – November 4, 2019) was a Canadian basketball player and two-time Olympian.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Considered one of the best basketball players in Canada's history,[1][5][8] Pasquale was the starting point guard and co-captain of the Canada men's national basketball team during, arguably, Canada's greatest era of basketball.[2][6][7] During this time, Pasquale competed in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, two World Student Games, four FIBA World Championships and two Pan American games.[2][3][7]
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Born | (1960-08-24)August 24, 1960 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||
Died | November 4, 2019(2019-11-04) (aged 59) | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Lockerby Composite School (Sudbury, Ontario) | ||||||||||||||
College | University of Victoria (1980–1984) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1984: 5th round, 106th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | |||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
Number | 13, 6 | ||||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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In 1984, Pasquale was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics as the 106th overall pick.[1][2][3][4][9][10] Pasquale later played professionally in Argentina, West Germany and Switzerland.[5][6][7][10]
During university, Pasquale led the University of Victoria to 5 straight national championships.[1][2][3][9] Pasquale was the university's all-time leading scorer when he graduated.[1][4][5][7][10] In 1984, he was awarded the Mike Moser Trophy as the male Canadian university player of the year.[2][7][9][11] Pasquale was a three-time First-Team All-Canadian (1981-1984)[2][4][7][9][10][12] two-time CIAU national tournament MVP (1981, 1983),[2][7][9][13] three-time CIAU tournament all-star (1981, 1983, 1984)[14] and five-time first team Canada West all-star.[7]