Joey David Vickery (born 9 June 1967) is a Canadian former professional

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player. At a height of 1.78 m (5'10") tall, he played at the point guard position. He was the

Lithuanian Basketball League Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Je ...

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Three-point Shootout Champion, in 1995. He last played for the Austrian basketball club Mattersburg Rocks.

College career

Born in

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749 ...

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, Canada, Vickery graduated Westwood Collegiate in 1985, and played for the

Brandon University Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrollment of 3375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon Co ...

Bobcats, for three seasons. After a successful debut, in which Brandon University won the Canadian National Championship in 1989, Vickery was named the Jack Donahue MVP award winner. Vickery was also named a 1st team All-Canadian, at Brandon University, in 1990 and 1991.

Professional career

After college, Vickery moved to Europe, and he played for the now defunct Olimpas Plungė of Lithuania. He averaged 23.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. He also played for various clubs in Spain, like Huelva, Algeciras, and Melilla, and then moved to the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n club Mattersburg 49ers. After yet another successful season, he moved to Sweden's Jamtland Basket KFUM. In 2005, he returned to Austria, and signed a contract with his previous team.

Clubs

* The Rogues, SIT, Scobey, MT 1995 * Olimpas Plungė (1995–1996) * Ciudad de Huelva, Spain (1996–1997) * Poissy Chatou Basket (1997–2000) *

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, Spain (2000–2001) * Mattersburg 49ers (2001–2002) * Ciudad de Huelva, Spain (2002–2003) * Jamtland Basket KFUM (2003–2004) *

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, Spain (2004–2005) * Mattersburg 49ers (2005–2006) *

Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions Traiskirchen Lions is a professional basketball club based in Traiskirchen, Austria. The team plays in the Austrian Basketball Superliga. It was founded in 1966 and have won the Austrian championships 3 times. Trophies * Austrian Championship (3 ...

(2005–2008) * Mattersburg Rocks, Austria (2008–2017)

National team

Canadian university national team

Vickery played on two world university teams for Canada, first at the 1989 Duisburg, Germany Games, and in 1991, at the Sheffield, England Games. Canada finished 4th at the 1989 Duisburg Games, and won a silver medal at the games in Sheffield, England.

Canadian senior national team

Vickery was a member of the senior

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, at the

1995 Tournament of the Americas The 1995 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Argentina, from August 15 to August 27, 1995. The games were played in Tucuman and Neuquen. This F ...

, and the

1997 Tournament of the Americas The 1997 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 21 to 31, August 1997. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA AmeriCup was to ea ...

. He also appeared internationally in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, in Toronto, and the 1998 FIBA World Championship, in Athens. In 1994, Vickery was named the MVP of the Berlin Cup

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, after making 17 out of 20 three point field goal attempts during the tournament. The participating teams at the tournament were Canada,

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, and

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References

External links

Eurobasket.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vickery, Joey 1967 births Living people Basketball players from Winnipeg Brandon Bobcats basketball players Canadian expatriate basketball people in France Canadian expatriate basketball people in Spain Canadian expatriate basketball people in Sweden Canadian expatriate basketball people in Austria Canadian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania Canadian men's basketball players Expatriate basketball people in Austria Melilla Baloncesto players Point guards 1998 FIBA World Championship players 1994 FIBA World Championship players Traiskirchen Lions players