{{short description|English basketball player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Paul Stimpson | image = | image_size = | caption = | position = Shooting guard | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | league = | team = | number = | birth_date = 1959 | birth_place = | nationality = British | high_school = | college = Borough Road College | draft_year = | draft_round = | draft_pick = | draft_team = | career_start = Crystal Palace | career_end = Crystal Palace | years1 = | team1 = | highlights = * 112 × English international caps }}
'''Paul Stimpson''' (born 1959) is a former English basketball player.
Paul Stimpson gained over 120 senior international appearances for England and Great Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paulstimpson.net/index.htm|title=Paul Stimpson|publisher=paulstimpson.net}}</ref> He captained England and represented his country on 112 occasions and is one of the most significant players to have played for the England men's national basketball team.<br /> At the age of 12 he started playing for Glyn Grammar School later joined the Crystal Palace junior team and played for Borough Road College.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paulstimpson.net/pdf/1txt.pdf|title=British basketball have great chance to get to Olympic finals|publisher=paulstimpson.net}}</ref> Paul was instrumental in assisting Crystal Palace as they maintained their position as Britain's best team. He was awarded his first senior international cap aged 19 and was a rare British talent during a period of imported American players. <br />After retiring from playing he joined the basketball department of an international marketing company, ISL Marketing, based in Lucerne, Switzerland. In 2003 he joined FIBA.
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