Glen Whisby Jr. (June 29, 1972 – September 21, 2017) was an American professional

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player. Standing at , he played the center position. He played college basketball at the

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College career

Whisby attended Brookhaven High School and played for school team. After graduation from high school, he attended

where he played for Golden Eagles from 1991 to 1995. Whisby averaged 13.8 points per game during his career at Southern Miss, and is ninth on the all-time points list with 1,598. He was a three-time All-Metro Conference selection during his Golden Eagle career. He ranks second to

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for career blocks (222) and ninth in scoring (1,598 points).

Professional career

Following graduation, Whisby was drafted by

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of the

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in the second round (29th overall) of the 1995 CBA draft. Instead, he went overseas in 1995 to play for Gijon Baloncesto in Spain and following season, spent the summer playing for the USBL's Florida Sharks, before going back to Spain to join Estudiantes. In 1998–99, Whisby played with

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of Italy, before heading back to Spain in 1999–00 to play for Gijon. In 2000, Whisby joined

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of Italy. In 2000–01, Whisby played in Russia with UNICS, and in 2001–02 he played in Turkey with Fenerbahçe. In 2002–03, he played in Poland with

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and in France with JDA Dijon Basket. For the 2003–04 season he moved to

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of Turkey, then he played one season in Italian LegaDue Basket with

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, before returning to Turkey in 2005–06 to play with Galatasaray. In 2006–07, he played in France with

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. In 2008, he played with

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of Finland and his last club was

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of Slovakia.

Post-playing career

He worked at

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as assistant men's basketball coach during the 2014–15 season. Whisby died on September 22, 2017, at the age of 45 after suffering a heart attack.

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