Brenton Joe Birmingham (born November 29, 1972) is an American and Icelandic former professional basketball player who for the majority of his career played in the Úrvalsdeild karla. He won the Icelandic championship three times and was voted the Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year in 2006Brenton og Helena leikmenn ársins hjá KKÍ and Úrvalsdeild domestic player of the year in 2007.Brenton og Helena best
Basketball College career Brooklyn College Kingsemen Birmingham started his college career with Brooklyn College. There, in 1991-92 he was the top scorer for the Kingsmen, with 15.8 points per game, 7th in the East Coast Conference, and 4th in the conference with 2.4 steals per game, as he shot 50% from the floor.
Manhattan College Jaspers After Brooklyn College announced that it was abandoning its basketball program in the spring of 1992, he transferred to Manhattan College, where he played for the Jaspers under head coach and Brooklyn College alum Fran Fraschilla."COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Seton Hall Is Taught Humility By Rider," The New York Times, December 2, 1992.
In 1993-94 he was fifth in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) with 16.1 points per game, and eighth with a field goal percentage of .473. In two seasons with the Jaspers he averaged 13.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.3 steals per game, while shooting 48% from the floor and 40% from three-point range. He was elected to the Jaspers' Hall of Fame in 2010.
Club career Birmingham started his professional career in 1995, when he was a late-season addition to Korisliiga club Tapiolan Honka. In 5 games for Honka, he averaged 22.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. He spent the majority of his career in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla with Njarðvík and Grindavík, but also played for Rueil Pro Basket in France and the London Towers in England. He twice posted a quadruple-double in the Úrvalsdeild playoffs. On 16 March 2020, Birmingham had 17 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals for Grindavík in a first round victory against Keflavík. A year later, on 17 April 2001, he had 28 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and 11 steals in the championship clinching victory against Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals.
Icelandic national team Birmingham played 19 games for the Icelandic National Basketball team between 2002 and 2007.A-landslið karla In 2007, he helped Iceland winning gold in basketball at the Games of the Small States of Europe.Kýpverjar réðust á allt og alla
Acting career In the late nineties, Birmingham auditioned for He got game. In 1999, he appeared in Game Day, starring Richard Lewis.
Personal life Birmingham lives in Njarðvík in southwestern Iceland with his wife and four children, and works as an air traffic controller at Keflavík Airport.
References
External links Icelandic competitions statistics (2007–present) at Icelandic Basketball Association Korisliiga statistics at korisliiga.fi
Úrvalsdeild statistics (1998–2007) at Icelandic Basketball Association Eurobasket.com player profile Stats in France