David Turcotte (born July 10, 1965 in

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) is a former star Canadian basketball player and former Olympic athlete.

Biography

Turcotte attended Lockerby Composite High School in

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, Canada, where he played hockey and basketball for the Lockerby Composite High Vikings. He attended

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(CSU) where played on the men's basketball team from 1984 to 1988. Under Turcotte's leadership, the Colorado State Rams took third place in the 1988

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. Turcotte scored 1,508 points while at Colorado State University, which is the fifth most total points scored by any player in school history. After obtaining a law degree, Turcotte began practicing law in 1993 and retired from playing professionally in 1995. Turcotte is a co-founder and chairman of the National Basketball Teams Alumni Association, an association for former men's and women's Canadian National Basketball Team members created to preserve the history and culture of basketball in Canada. With the Association, they created an online archive of every team, player, coach, referee, trainer and manager who ever represented Canadian basketball internationally.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turcotte, David 1965 births Living people Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian lawyers Canadian men's basketball players Colorado State Rams men's basketball players J. Reuben Clark Law School alumni Olympic basketball players for Canada Basketball players from Ottawa