Jeff Dowdell

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Jeff Dowdell
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Personal information
Born (1987-03-13) 13 March 1987 (age 37)
Cooma, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Listed height205 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight101 kg (222 lb)
Career information
Playing career2005–2013
Position Power forward
Career history
2005–2009 Perth Wildcats (NBL)
2009–2010 Townsville Crocodiles (NBL)
2010–2011 Adelaide 36ers (NBL)
2011–2012 Cairns Taipans (NBL)
2006 Albury-Wodonga Bandits (SEABL/NBL1 East)
2007-2009 Joondalup Wolves (WA State Basketball League/NBL1 West)
2010 North-West Tasmania Thunder (SEABL/NBL1 South)
2011 West Adelaide Bearcats (SA State Basketball League/NBL1 Central)
2013 Canberra Gunners (SEABL/NBL1 East)
Career highlights and awards
  • AIS Scholarship holder (2003 - 2005)
  • Perth Wildcats - Most Improved Player (2005-06, 2006-07)
  • Perth Wildcats - Coaches Award (2007-08, 2008-09)
  • SEABL/NBL1 East - All SEABL East Team (2006)
  • SBL/NBL1 West - All-Star Second Team (2007)
  • SBL/NBL1 West - All-Star First Team (2008)
  • Wanneroo Wolves - Most Valuable Player (2008, 2009)
  • SEABL/NBL1 South - Australian Youth Player of the Year (2010)
  • West Adelaide Bearcats - Most Valuable Player (2011)
  • Canberra Gunners - Most Valuable Player (2013)

Jeffrey Dowdell (born 13 March 1987) is a former Australian professional basketball player. He played a total of 196 NBL games [1] with four teams from 2005 to 2012. He also had a successful SEABL/NBL1 career playing for a number of clubs from 2004 to 2013. [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Born in Cooma, New South Wales, he was a product of the Shoalhaven Tigers basketball program which has produced several NBL, WNBL, and NCAA players.

During his junior career, Dowdell represented Shoalhaven and NSW Country before being awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (2003 to 2005). [5] [6] During this time, he competed for Australia at the Albert Schweitzer tournament in Germany in 2004 and was a member of the Australian under 22 squad in 2005. [7]

Professional career

In 2005, Dowdell played his rookie NBL season with the Perth Wildcats and, at the age of 18, was the youngest player in the competition. In the same year, he was named as NSW Junior Player of the Year by Basketball New South Wales. The Wildcats would go on to finish the season in seventh place with Dowdell receiving the club's Most Improved Player award.

After his first NBL season, Dowdell played for the Albury Wodonga Bandits in the 2006 SEABL season. He was second in points per game (ppg) in the East conference (24.9 ppg) and ninth in rebounding (8.59 rpg). He was named in the 2006 All SEABL East team. [8]

In his second NBL season (2006–07 NBL season) with the Wildcats, he established himself as a regular part of the Wildcats rotation averaging 4.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. [9] The Wildcats finished in third place and he was awarded the club's Most Improved Player for the second time.

After the 2006–07 NBL season, Dowdell played for the Wanneroo Wolves in the State Basketball League, where he averaged 27.5 ppg. He played for the Wolves for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 SBL seasons, being awarded the club's Most Valuable Player twice (2008 and 2009) [10] and named in the SBL/NBL1 West All Star Second Team in 2007 [11] and All Star First Team in 2008. [12]

In the 2007-08 NBL season, Dowdell's playing time and output would improve again and he went on to average 6.4 points per game and 3.9 rebounds. The Wildcats would go on to finish fourth and were knocked out of the semi-finals by the Sydney Kings. At the end of the season, Dowdell was awarded the Coaches Award by the Wildcats coach, Scott Fisher.

Dowdell would again receive the club's Coaches Award for the 2008-09 NBL season despite his playing time reducing under new coach, Conner Henry. The Wildcats finished fourth again but were eliminated in the first round of playoffs by the Townsville Crocodiles.

Dowdell left the Wildcats to play for the Townsville Crocodiles in the 2009–10 NBL season where he played 30 games, averaging 3.1 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. Townsville finished the season third but were knocked out of the semi-finals by the Wollongong Hawks. Following the 2009-10 NBL season, he played in the SEABL for the North-West Tasmania Thunder. During his time at the Thunder, the team had a record of 13 wins and 9 losses [13] and Dowdell was named as the SEABL Australian Youth Player of the Year.

Following a single season with the Crocodiles, Dowdell signed to play for the Adelaide 36ers for the 2010–11 NBL season and played all 28 games for the 36ers, averaging 4.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. Adelaide finished the season in eighth with a record of 9 wins and 19 losses. After the NBL season, Dowdell played for the West Adelaide Bearcats where his team finished fourth and lost in the semi-finals. He averaged 21.7 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists [14] and was named the Bearcat's Most Valuable Player. [15]

Dowdell once again changed clubs for the 2011-12 NBL season, this time moving north to the Cairns Taipans. The Taipans finished fifth and only missed out on the playoffs by percentage differential. Dowdell averaged 4.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game.

In 2013, Dowdell joined the Canberra Gunners in the SEABL after a period away from basketball due to a degenerative hip injury. He was awarded the Most Valuable Player award for the season. [16]

In 2015, Dowdell played for the Queanbeyan Yowies in Division 1 of the Waratah League where he was named in the league's All Star Five team. [17]

In his 196-game NBL career, he averaged 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. [18]

Personal life

Dowdell now lives in Canberra and works in finance for the Australian Public Service. [19] Following basketball, Dowdell played a number of seasons of Australian rules football with the Belconnen Magpies in the AFL Canberra competition [20] and was fourth in the Mulrooney Medal in 2019. [21]

At the end of 2011, the Adelaide Crows Football Club announced the signing of Dowdell's younger brother, Ben, to the rookie list. He had no AFL background and was signed purely for height, athleticism and potential. [22]

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  2. ↑ "All-NBL1 West First Team - 2008 SBL Awards" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Men's Elimination Final Preview - NBL1 Central".
  4. ↑ "Basketball ACT Annual Report 2013" (PDF).
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  8. ↑ "SEABL History - Award Winners" (PDF). Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  12. ↑ "2008 Season MSBL Awards" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "SEABL 2010 Ladder - overall, home/away standings". Flashscore.
  14. ↑ "Men's Elimination Final Preview - NB1 Central". My Gameday.
  15. ↑ "West Adelaide Bearcats - Senior Presentations 2011".
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  17. ↑ "2015 All-Star Fives' Announced - Spalding Waratah League". My Gameday.
  18. ↑ Player statistics for Jeff Dowdell
  19. ↑ "LinkedIn".
  20. ↑ "Jeff Dowdell from the NBL to Canberra AFL". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 August 2016.
  21. ↑ "Magpies Trifecta at Mulrooney and Bainrot Medal". AFL Canberra. 5 September 2019.
  22. ↑ "Crows want US college basketballer as rookie". 19 October 2011.
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