Personal information | |
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Born | Flint, Michigan, U.S. | December 13, 1966
Died | September 11, 2015 Lansing, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 48)
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Beecher (Flint, Michigan) |
College | Iowa (1985–1989) |
NBA draft | 1989: 1st round, 23rd overall pick |
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks | |
Playing career | 1989–1995 |
Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
Number | 23 |
Career history | |
1989–1990 | Atlanta Hawks |
1990–1991 | Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets |
1991–1992 | Tri-City Chinook |
1993 | Montreal Dragons |
1993 | Fargo-Moorhead Fever |
1993 | Quad City Thunder |
1994 | Denver Nuggets |
1994 | Tri-City Chinook |
1994–1995 | Shreveport Crawdads |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Roy Lane Marble, Jr. (December 13, 1966 – September 11, 2015) was an American professional basketball player, 6'6" tall, who played as a swingman.
After playing four seasons at the University of Iowa from 1985 to 1989, Marble left the college as Iowa's all-time leading scorer with 2,116 points, a record which stood for 32 years until Luka Garza broke it on February 21, 2021.[1] Marble was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round (23rd overall) of the 1989 NBA draft, playing for the club during his rookie year (24 games, scoring a total of 51 points).
He also had a brief stint with the Denver Nuggets during the 1993–94 season, appearing in 5 games.