Flinder Boyd (born 12 February 1980) is a retired British basketball player born in

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to British parents.

College career

Boyd played college basketball at

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scoring 1026 points and recording 585 assists over his four-year career. He holds both the Dartmouth single game (16) and career assist records.

Professional career

Boyd started his professional career in France in the

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where he played for

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, FC Mulhouse Basket and

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. He would then move to

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of Spain for a two-year spell before moving to Britain to play for

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teams

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and the

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. In 2010 Boyd returned to Spain to play for

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. During the 2010–11 season he played with BC Prievidza in Slovakia and

AEK Athens BC AEK Basketball Club ( el, ΚΑΕ ΑΕΚ ; Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ''Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupóleos'', "Athletic Union of Constantinople"), also known as AEK B.C. or AEK, and more commonly kno ...

of Greece.

International

Boyd has made 34 appearances for the

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and competed in the

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championship in Poland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, Flinder 1980 births Living people AEK B.C. players BC Prievidza players British men's basketball players Club Ourense Baloncesto players Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball players Leicester Riders players Newcastle Eagles players STB Le Havre players Basketball players from Los Angeles County, California American men's basketball players Point guards