Mark Dalton (born 9 November 1964 in

Sydney, New South Wales Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains ...

) is an Australian former basketball player who played in the National Basketball League from 1984 to 1999.

Early life and family

He attended St. Augustine's College in

Brookvale, New South Wales Brookvale is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Brookvale is 16 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. It is part of the ...

. He is the brother of two other Australian basketball players, Brad Dalton and Karen Dalton. He was an

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

scholarship holder (1982-1984) and became the first AIS men's player selected to play for Australia at the Olympics.

Career

After finishing at the AIS in 1984, Mark Dalton, a 6'6"(198 cm) tall Small forward, played in the NBL for the Canberra Cannons (1984–1985), Geelong Supercats (1986–1987),

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(1988–1995), Brisbane Bullets (1996–1997), and Illawarra Hawks (1998–1999). On 10 October 2013, Dalton was named in the Sydney Kings 25th Anniversary Team. MightyMite Sydney Kings announce 25th Anniversary Team

International

Dalton represented the

Australian Boomers The Australian men's national basketball team, known as the Boomers after the slang term for a male kangaroo, represents Australia in international basketball competition. Since the late 1980s, Australia has been placed among the world elite t ...

at the

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Olympic Games in Los Angeles and at the

1986 FIBA World Championship The 1986 FIBA World Championship was the 10th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Spain and was held from 5 to 20 July 1986. The final phase of the tournament was held at the ...

in Spain.

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* 1964 births Living people Australian men's basketball players Australian Institute of Sport basketball players Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Sydney Brisbane Bullets players Canberra Cannons players Geelong Supercats players Olympic basketball players of Australia Small forwards Sportsmen from New South Wales Sydney Kings players Wollongong Hawks players 1986 FIBA World Championship players 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-basketball-bio-stub