Dallas Thornton

{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Dallas Thornton | image = | image_size = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lbs = 190 | nationality = American | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|9|1}} | birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | high_school = Male (Louisville, Kentucky) | college = Kentucky Wesleyan (1964–1968) | draft_year = 1968 | draft_round = 4 | draft_pick = 40 | draft_team = Baltimore Bullets | career_start = | career_end = | career_position = Small forward | career_number = 34 | years1 = 1968–1969 | team1 = Miami Floridians | highlights = * 2× NCAA College Division champion (1966, 1968) * 2× NCAA College Division All-American (1967, 1968) * No. 22 retired by Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers }} '''Dallas Thornton''' (born September 1, 1946) is an American former basketball player.

==Biography== Thornton was born in Louisville, Kentucky and played basketball at Male High School there.

Thornton played college basketball at Kentucky Wesleyan College.<ref name="basketballreference.com">[http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ThornDa01 BasketballReference.com Dallas Thornton stats page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202005144/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=THORNDA01 |date=2007-12-02 }}</ref>

Thornton was selected in the 1968 NBA draft in the fourth round by the Baltimore Bullets and was selected in the 1968 ABA draft by the Miami Floridians.<ref name="basketballreference.com" /> Thornton opted to sign with the Floridians and played for the team through two seasons, averaging 6.6 points per game in the 1968–69 season and 8.8 points per game in 1969–70.<ref name="basketballreference.com" />

Thornton then played for the Harlem Globetrotters<ref>[http://www.apbr.org/trotters.html Association for Professional Basketball Research site]</ref> and appeared in the 1981 movie The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082502/ Internet Movie Database entry on The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island]</ref>

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