David Thirdkill

American basketball player (born 1960)

PersonAge 66humanQ2330106

Also known as The Sheriff

Born: April 12, 1960
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1.Stated in FIBA databaseRetrieved 2025-06-05
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Birthplace: St. Louis
Citizenship: United States
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1.Stated in FIBA databaseRetrieved 2025-06-05
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Occupation: basketball player
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1.Stated in RealGMRetrieved 2022-04-04
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, basketball coach
Education: Soldan International Studies High School
, Bradley University
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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, College of Southern Idaho
Height: 201 cm
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1.Stated in Basketball ReferenceRetrieved 2017-02-05
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Overview

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David Thirdkill is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA, and was the 1993 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP.

5 seasons · from AIDB's NBA dataset

Season	Team	G	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	PPG	RPG	APG
1982–83	PHO	49	2	521	194	72	36	19	4	43.500	14.300	57.700	4.0	1.5	0.7
1983–84	DET	46	0	291	77	31	27	10	3	43.100	.000	48.400	1.7	0.7	0.6
1984–85	DET, MIL, SAS	18	3	183	51	17	4	5	3	52.600	.000	57.900	2.8	0.9	0.2
1985–86	BOS	49	0	385	163	70	15	11	3	49.100	.000	62.500	3.3	1.4	0.3
1986–87	BOS	17	0	89	25	19	2	2	0	41.700	.000	31.300	1.5	1.1	0.1
Career		179	5	1,469	510	209	84	47	13	.457	.091	.565	2.8	1.2	0.5

56 statements · 23% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Milwaukee Bucks
Chorale Roanne Basket
San Antonio Spurs
Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.
Hapoel Holon B.C.
Detroit Pistons
Bnei Herzliya
Boston Celtics
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Pallacanestro Virtus Roma
Magnolia Hotshots
Tanduay Rhum Masters
Phoenix Suns
Bradley Braves men's basketball(1979–1982)
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Position played on team / speciality: small forward
Given name: David
Sport: basketball
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Drafted by: Phoenix Suns
Mass: 89 kg
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1.Stated in Basketball ReferenceRetrieved 2017-02-05
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Different from: Rodney Buford criterion used: nickname
Dudley Bradley criterion used: nickname
Taj Gibson criterion used: nickname
Bobby Jones criterion used: nickname
Nickname: The Sheriff
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Country for sport: United States
End of work period: 1996
Start of work period: 1982
League: NCAA Division I men's basketball(1979–1982)
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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National Basketball Association
Native language: English

15 identifiers linking David Thirdkill across the web's reference databases

Data quality

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