Karl Tilleman

Karl Tilleman
Personal information
Born (1960-11-01) November 1, 1960 (age 64)
Ogden, Utah
NationalityCanadian / American
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight183 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High schoolSir Winston Churchill
(Calgary, Alberta)
CollegeCalgary (1980–1984)
BYU Law (1987-1990, not as a player)
NBA draft1984: 4th round, 79th overall pick
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
PositionShooting guard
Number30, 32, 7
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× CIAU Player of the Year (1982, 1983)
  • 2x CIAU scoring champion (1982, 1983)
  • 4× CIAU First Team All-Canadian (1981–1984)
  • 3× CWUAA Player of the Year (1981–1983)
  • 3× CWUAA Scoring Champion (1982–1984)
  • 4× CWUAA First Team All-Star (1981–1984)
  • CWUAA Second Team All-Star (1980)
  • City of Calgary Male Athlete of the Year (1983)
  • 2x University of Calgary Male Athlete of the Year (1981, 1983)
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Representing  Canada
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1983 Edmonton National team

Karl Michael Tilleman (born November 1, 1960) is former Canadian basketball player, two-time Olympian and currently an attorney. Tilleman holds the Olympic records for the most three-point field goals in a single game (10) and half (8)[1][2][3] Consequently, Tilleman's national team coach and FIBA Hall of Fame inductee Jack Donohue described Tilleman as "the best three-point shooter in the world".[4]

Tilleman is a two-time Olympian, representing Canada in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics.[5][6] Tilleman was drafted by the Denver Nuggets as their second pick and the 79th overall pick in 1984.[7]

Tilleman also broke many records during his tenure at the University of Calgary. Tilleman was awarded the Mike Mosier Trophy as the male Canadian University player of the year in 1982 and 1983, the first player to win the award two years consecutively.[8] In the 1981–82 season, Tilleman averaged 32.9 points per game (before the implementation of the three-point line in Canadian university basketball), which broke the CIAU's previous points per game record.[9][10] Tilleman was the CIAU scoring champion two years in a row and a four-time CIAU First Team All-Canadian.[9] Tilleman graduated as the University of Calgary's all-time leading scorer with 25.9 points per game in 79 games for a total of 2050 career points.[9] Tilleman was voted the greatest athlete in University of Calgary history, receiving more than five times the votes of the runner-up.[11]

In his legal career, Tilleman was a law clerk for former Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justice Clarence Thomas at the Supreme Court of the United States in 1992–93.[12][13] Tilleman has been the managing partner at Steptoe & Johnson's Phoenix office,[14] is currently a partner at the Dentons law firm[15] (the largest law firm in the world)[16] and has represented many high-profile clients including the Harlem Globetrotters, the University of Southern California, Western Union, State Farm, AIG, and Metlife, Inc.[12]

In his volunteer service in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Tilleman has served as a bishop and stake president in Phoenix, Arizona, as mission president of the Canada Vancouver Mission,[14] and as and Area Seventy in the Church's North America Southwest Area.

  1. ^ "Who holds the record for most 3-pointers made in a single Men's Basketball game at the Olympics?". The Sporting News. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Spain vs Canada". FIBA Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Reflecting on when Karl Tilleman, Eli Pasquale, and Their Fellow Canadian University Teammates Took a Shot at Ruling the Basketball World". Somers Point News. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  4. ^ Benson, Lee; Robinson, Doug (1992). Trials & Triumphs: Mormons in the Olympic Games (1st ed.). Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company. p. 210. ISBN 0-87579-628-1.
  5. ^ "Canada's Roster". FIBA Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Canada's Roster". FIBA Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Karl Tilleman". Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Mike Moser Memorial Trophy (Player of the Year)" (PDF). USports.ca. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  9. ^ a b c "Karl Tilleman". University of Calgary Athletic Hall of Fame. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Karl is king of the court in Canada". The Desert News. 19 June 1982. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Karl Tilleman named Greatest Dino of All Time". University of Calgary. 5 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2019-06-28. Retrieved 3 September 2023. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)
  12. ^ a b "Karl M. Tileman". Dentons.com. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  13. ^ Sunnucks, Mike (4 May 2008). "Karl Tilleman's varied background includes Olympic basketball, U.S. Supreme Court". Phoenix Business Journal. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  14. ^ a b "New mission presidents". The Church News. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Dentons lands nine-lawyer powerhouse litigation and white collar team". Dentons. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  16. ^ "The 2022 Global 200 Ranked by Head Count"". Law.com International. Retrieved 3 September 2023.