Howard Kelsey (born 8 August 1957) is a Canadian

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player. He competed in the men's tournament at the

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Biography

Kelsey was in the

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when he first starting playing basketball, in a local church league. In high school, Kelsey set the record for the career scoring average in British Columbia. He later played for

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and

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, before turning professional, playing for Leones Negroes in

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, Mexico. Kelsey represented Canada more than 400 times in international matches, including competing at the Olympic Games. He won a gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Basketball Championships, and the 1983 FISU World University Games. In 1981, he was also part of Canada's team in their first ever win against the United States in a major tournament. Following his playing career, Kelsey became an athletics co-ordinator at the

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, before becoming the executive vice-president of

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in 2010. In 2012, Kelsey was inducted into the

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, and in 2019, he was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelsey, Howard 1957 births Living people Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Vancouver Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian men's basketball players 1982 FIBA World Championship players Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball players Olympic basketball players for Canada