Earl Genard Calloway (born September 30, 1983) is an American-born naturalized Bulgarian professional

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player for the Ottawa Blackjacks of the

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(CEBL).

High school career

Calloway played high school basketball at Westlake High School, in

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. He was a member of the 1999 GHSA State Championship team at Westlake with former NFL players Adam "Pac-Man" Jones,

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as well as a member of the 2002 State Championship Team.

College career

Calloway played

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from 2002 to 2003, at

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from 2004 to 2005 and at

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with

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from 2005 to 2007.

Career overview

After going undrafted in the

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, Calloway joined

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of the

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. He led his team in scoring with 19 points per game and was sixth in the league with 5.8 assists and fourth with 2.1 steals per game. He also contributed 5.1 rebounds per game and was named team MVP at the end of the season. The next season, he signed with

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. With Cibona, he won the Croatian League and the

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. On August 3, 2009, Calloway joined Cajasol on a one-year deal. In his first season with Cajasol, he averaged 9.4 points and 4.2 assists in 36 Spanish League games. On July 23, 2010, he extended his contract until the end of the 2011–12 season. From 2012 to 2014 he played with

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. In July 2014, he signed a two-year deal with the Turkish team

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. On August 24, 2016, Calloway signed with

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for the 2016–17 season. On October 25, 2017, Calloway signed with

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. On July 8, 2019, Calloway signed with the Spanish club Monbus Obradoiro. On June 24, 2020, he has signed with

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of the French

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. However, on August 16 it was announced that he was suffering from a knee problem and would not join the team. On May 19, 2021, Calloway signed with the Ottawa Blackjacks of the

The Basketball Tournament (TBT) (2016–present)

In the summers of 2016 and 2017, Calloway played in

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for team Trained To Go. He competed for the $2 million prize, and in 2016, averaged 5.3 points per game. In 2017, Calloway and team Trained To Go lost in the first round of the tournament to the Broad Street Brawlers 108–95.

Bulgaria national team

Calloway has citizenship with

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, and he played with the senior men's

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at the qualification tournament for EuroBasket 2011.

Euroleague career statistics

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References

External links

Euroleague.net Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calloway, Earl 1983 births Living people ABA League players Afyon Belediye S.K. players American emigrants to Bulgaria American expatriate basketball people in Croatia American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players Basketball players from Atlanta Bulgarian men's basketball players Bulgarian expatriate basketball people in Spain Bulgarian expatriate basketball people in Turkey Bulgarian people of American descent Baloncesto Málaga players Real Betis Baloncesto players Fort Wayne Mad Ants players Gaziantep Basketbol players Perimeter College at Georgia State University alumni Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball players İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor basketball players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States KK Cibona players Liga ACB players Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. players Naturalised citizens of Bulgaria New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball players Obradoiro CAB players Point guards Uşak Sportif players Ottawa Blackjacks players 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen