{{short description|American and Icelandic basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography |name = Darrel Lewis |image = Darrel Lewis in February 2015.jpg |caption = Lewis in 2015. |height_cm = 192 |weight_kg = 86 |league = |team = |number = |high_school = Coatesville Area<br />(Coatesville, Pennsylvania) |college = Lincoln (1996–1999) |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|02|13}} |birth_place = Coatesville, Pennsylvania |nationality = American / Icelandic |career_start = 1999 |career_end = 2017 |career_position = Guard/forward |years1 = 1999 |team1 = Youngstown Hawks |years2 = 2001–2002 |team2 = Haaglanden NTNT |years3 = 2002–2005 |team3 = Grindavík |years4 = 2005–2006 |team4 = Aironi Novara |years5 = 2006–2007 |team5 = Sporting Athens |years6 = 2007–2008 |team6 = Crabs Rimini |years7 = 2008 |team7 = AEK B.C. |years8 = 2008–2009 |team8 = Peristeri B.C. |years9 = 2009–2010 |team9 = Ikaros Kallitheas |years10 = 2010–2011 |team10 = AEK/Argous |years11 = 2010–2011 |team11 = OFI |years12 = 2012–2014 |team12 = Keflavík |years13 = 2014–2016 |team13 = Tindastóll |years14 = 2016–2017 |team14 = Þór Akureyri |highlights = *Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the year (2004) *Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team (2015) * Icelandic Company Cup champion (2013) * Greek A2 League champion (2009) * Úrvalsdeild scoring champion (2004) | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{ISL}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Games of the Small States of Europe}} {{MedalSilver | 2005 Andorra | National Team}} }}
'''Darrel Keith Lewis''' is an American and Icelandic professional basketball player who last played for Þór Akureyri in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Perkins|first1=Noah|title=No Country for Old Men. Two decades later: Darrel Lewis, 41, and Michael Takahashi, 42, are still on the hardwood.|url=http://popgates.com/no-country-for-old-men/|accessdate=26 August 2017|work=popgates.com|date=March 6, 2017|archive-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827083718/http://popgates.com/no-country-for-old-men/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the year in 2004<ref>{{cite web|title=Besti erlendi leikmaður úrvalsdeildar karla|url=http://www.kki.is/sagan/vidurkenningar-og-verdlaun/besti-erlendi-leikmadurinn-karla/|website=KKI.is|accessdate=26 August 2017}}</ref> and selected to the Domestic All-First Team in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Úrvalslið ársins í úrvalsdeild karla|url=http://www.kki.is/sagan/vidurkenningar-og-verdlaun/urvalslid-karla/|website=KKI.is|accessdate=26 August 2017}}</ref>
Lewis has reached the Úrvalsdeild finals twice, in 2003 with Grindavík<ref>{{cite news|last1=Þórólfsson|first1=Sigurður Elvar|title=Karfan virtist vera risastór|url=http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/723087/|accessdate=26 August 2017|work=Morgunblaðið|date=April 2, 2003|language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Stórleikir Darrels hafa ekki dugað hingað til|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=5461633|accessdate=26 August 2017|work=Dagblaðið Vísir|date=March 20, 2004|language=Icelandic}}</ref> and in 2015 with Tindastóll.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jónsson|first1=Óskar Ófeigur|title=Lewis er ekki að hætta: Aldur er bara tala|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2015704179939|accessdate=26 August 2017|work=Vísir.is|date=April 17, 2015|language=Icelandic}}</ref>
==College career== Lewis played for Lincoln University from 1996 to 1999 and ended his career there as the schools the all-time leading scorer with 2,294 points. He was inducted into the Lincoln Lions Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame - Darrel Lewis|url=http://www.lulions.com/hof.aspx?hof=15&path=&kiosk=|website=lulions.com|publisher=Lincoln University Lions|accessdate=26 August 2017}}</ref>
==National team career== Lewis became an Icelandic citizen in December 2004<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sæmundsson|first1=Ingvi Þór|title=Lewis með 35 stig í fyrsta leiknum eftir fertugsafmælið|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2016160218686|accessdate=26 August 2017|date=February 19, 2016|language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Leifsson|first1=Anton Ingi|title=Darrel Lewis á leið til Þórs|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2016160719946|accessdate=26 August 2017|work=Vísir.is|date=July 10, 2016|language=Icelandic}}</ref> and was selected to the Icelandic national basketball team in 2005. He played four games during the 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sæmundsson|first1=Ingvi Þór|title=Stólarnir styrkja sig|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2014140609204/stolarnir-styrkja-sig|accessdate=26 August 2017|work=Vísir.is|date=June 8, 2014|language=Icelandic}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
== External links == *[http://gamli.kki.is/tolfraedi_ferill_leikmanns.asp?Felaganumer=155665 Stats in Iceland (2002–2005)] at kki.is *[http://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Leikmadur?league_id=undefined&season_id=93703&player_id=2390343 Stats in Iceland (2012-present)] at kki.is *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131006044432/http://www.legaduebasket.it/player/?id=LEW-DAR-76 Italy stats] at legaduebasket.it *[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Darrel-Lewis/Summary/52102 Darrel Lewis] at realgm.com
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