Louis Campbell (born April 1, 1979) is an American professional
basketball
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player, who lastly played for
Antibes Sharks
Olympique Antibes, in full ''Olympique d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins'' and branded as Antibes Sharks, is a basketball sports club, club from the city of Antibes, France. Established in 1933, the club's men's senior team currently plays in LNB Pro B, the ...
of the
LNB Pro A
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.
Professional career
After playing college basketball with
Buffalo Bulls
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, he played most of his career in Germany with
Paderborn Baskets,
Gießen 46ers
The JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers (formerly GIESSEN 46ers) is a professional basketball club based in Gießen, Germany, that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost, with a capacity of 4,003 people.
History
The ...
,
Eisbären Bremerhaven
Eisbären Bremerhaven ( en, Polar Bears Bremerhaven) is a professional basketball club from Bremerhaven, Germany, that competes in the ProA. The team was established as the professional section of the club BSG Bremerhaven and played in the first- ...
,
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Baskets Oldenburg, for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, ...
and
Walter Tigers Tübingen
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People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
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. He also played three seasons in Japan with
Toyota Alvark
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, and had short stint with
Ciudad de Huelva in Spain. From August 2012, he played with
Strasbourg IG
Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket, most commonly known as SIG Basket or SIG Strasbourg, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg. The club, founded in 1929, competes domestically in the French Pro A League, and ...
.
He was named the
2014–15 French Basketball Cup MVP
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, after Strasbourg won the Cup.
References
External links
Eurobasket.com ProfileEuroleague.net Profile
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1979 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
Alvark Tokyo players
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Japan
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American men's basketball players
Buffalo Bulls men's basketball players
Eisbären Bremerhaven players
EWE Baskets Oldenburg players
Fos Provence Basket players
Gießen 46ers players
Olympique Antibes basketball players
Paderborn Baskets players
Metropolitans 92 players
Point guards
Rahway High School alumni
Shooting guards
SIG Basket players
Sportspeople from Rahway, New Jersey
Tigers Tübingen players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American sportspeople