Nationality American Name Skip Thoren Career start 1967 Role Basketball Player Career end 1970 | Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg) Height 2.08 m College Illinois (1962–1965) Weight 104 kg | |
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NBA draft 1965 / Round: 4 / Pick: 30th overall Education University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | ||
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||
Skip Thoren: 2019 Athletics Hall of Fame
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
Thoren was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004.
At the University of Illinois. Thoren is recognized as a notable member of the athletic fraternity Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois).
