Skip Thoren

Skip Thoren

Personal information
Born	April 5, 1943 Rockford, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Rockford East (Rockford, Illinois)
College	Illinois (1962–1965)
NBA draft	1965 / Round: 4 / Pick: 30th overall
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets
Playing career	1965–1970
Position	Center
Career history
1965–1966	Simmenthal Milano
1967–1968	Minnesota Muskies
1968–1970	Miami Floridians
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-American – AP (1965) Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1965) Illinois All-Century Team (2004)

Duane W. "Skip" Thoren (born April 5, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 6'10" center from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Thoren played three seasons (1967–1970) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Minnesota Muskies and Miami Floridians. He averaged 13.2 points per game and 11.0 rebounds per game in his career and appeared in the 1969 ABA All-Star Game.

Before playing in the ABA Thoren played in Italy for Simmenthal Milano together with Bill Bradley and won the 1965-66 European Champions Cup^[1]

Thoren was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004.

Notes

1. Le formazioni delle finaliste in Europa dal 1966 al 1970

External links

• Skip Thoren at Basketball-Reference.com