Bradley Dalton (born 12 September 1959) is an Australian former

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player, who played for the City of Sydney Astronauts (1979–1980),

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(1981–1982),

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(1983),

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(1984–1987) and the

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(1988–1991) in the NBL.

Early life and family

Born in

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, Dalton attended St. Augustine's College in Brookvale, a suburb on the

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of Sydney. He is the older brother of former NBL player and Olympian, Mark Dalton and brother of

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, who also represented Australia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.

Career

Dalton, a 6'8" (203 cm) tall

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who could also play at

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, won the NBL championship in

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with the West Adelaide Bearcats, a team that included 1982 NBL MVP

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, future three-time league MVP

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, Boomers Peter Ali and Ray Wood, as well as the NBL's inaugural MVP winner in 1979, player/coach Ken Richardson. The Bearcats defeated the

80–74 in the Grand Final held at the

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International

Dalton represented Australia at the

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and again in

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References

* 1959 births Living people Australian men's basketball players 1982 FIBA World Championship players Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Sydney Centers (basketball) Geelong Supercats players Olympic basketball players of Australia Power forwards (basketball) Sydney Kings players 1986 FIBA World Championship players {{Australia-basketball-bio-stub