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Born | Vancouver, British Columbia | October 19, 1959||||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian / German | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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College | Simon Fraser (1978–1982) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1981: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1982–1999 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
1982 | MTV Wolfenbüttel | ||||||||||||||
1982–1985 | ASC 1846 Göttingen | ||||||||||||||
1985–1988 | BSC Saturn Köln | ||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | DBV Charlottenburg | ||||||||||||||
1990–1997 | TTL Bamberg | ||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | SG Braunschweig | ||||||||||||||
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Michael Jackel, or Mike Jackel (alternate spelling: Jaeckel, born October 19, 1959 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian–German former professional basketball player. At a height of 6’7" (2.01 m) tall, he played at the small forward position. He was the first player to score more than 10,000 points in Germany's top-tier level Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), and he is also that same league's all-time career scoring leader. As a member of the senior men's German national team, Jackel won the gold medal at the 1993 FIBA EuroBasket.