Daniel Callandrillo is an Italian-American former professional

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player. He played

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Seton Hall Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesa ...

. At a height of tall, he played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, with shooting guard being his main position.

High school

Raised in

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, Callandrillo played basketball at

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. In 1977, as a senior, he averaged 32 points a game, was a high school All-American, and led the school to a high school state championship.

College career

Callandrillo played

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, with the

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, from 1978 to 1982. While at Seton Hall, he was named Second Team All-

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, in both his sophomore and junior seasons. As a senior, he averaged 25.9 points per game (3rd in the nation), and was named a Third Team All-American, the

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winner, and the

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, in 1982. In his four years at Seton Hall, Callandrillo scored a total of 1,985 points. He was later inducted into the

Hall of Fame, in 1989.

Professional career

After his

career, Callandrillo was drafted by the Houston Rockets, in the 1982 NBA draft, but he never played for the team in the NBA. He instead played with the Rochester Zeniths in the American Continental Basketball Association (CBA), in the 1982–83 season. He then played with the

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of the

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(BBL), in the 1983–84 season. Various reports credit him with a league high 52-point game that season against Sunderland. In fact the game was in a pre-season tournament played at Bracknell Sports Centre. It was the highest scored for Bracknell in any game at the time, but didn't count in the official records. He then moved to the British club

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, for the 1984–85 season. With the Solent Stars, he played in the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague), in the 1984–85 season. He scored 52 points in the club's EuroLeague first leg game against the French club Limoges. He then played professionally in Italy.

Personal life

Callandrillo's son, Danny, also played

, at Bryant University, and also played professionally in Italy.DANIEL CALANDRILLO BRYANT PROFILE RELATIVES: son of Dan Calandrillo.
/ref> One of Dan's older brothers was Paul Callandrillo, who was an actor that performed as

Paul Land Paul Callandrillo (January 31, 1956 – December 30, 2007), better known as Paul Land, was an American actor who was best known for his roles in the movies '' The Idolmaker'' and '' Spring Break''. Land came from a large family (13 children to ...

Awards and accomplishments

College career

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Scoring Champion: (1980) *2× Second Team All-

: (1980, 1981) *New Jersey State Player of the Year: (1982) *UNICO National Athlete of the Year: (1982) *

Winner: (1982) *First Team All-

: (1982) * Big East Conference Player of the Year: (1982) * Third Team All-American: (1982) *

Hall of Fame: (1989)

References

External links

RealGM.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Callandrillo, Dan 1959 births Living people All-American college men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom American men's basketball players Houston Rockets draft picks Italian men's basketball players North Bergen High School alumni People from North Bergen, New Jersey Point guards Rochester Zeniths players Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball players Shooting guards Basketball players from Hudson County, New Jersey