Clarence Kea

Clarence Kea

No. 53
Power forward
Personal information
Date of birth	February 2, 1959 (1959-02-02) (age 52)
Place of birth	Wilmington, North Carolina
Nationality	American
High school	Hanover (Wilmington, North Carolina)
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
College	Lamar (1976–1980)
NBA Draft	1980 / Round: 8 / Pick: 169th overall
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Pro career	1980–1994
Career history
1980–1981	Lehigh Valley Jets (CBA)
1981	Dallas Mavericks
1981	Anchorage Northern Knights (CBA)
1981–1982	Dallas Mavericks
1982–1983	Detroit Spirits (CBA)
1983–1984	Virtus Banco di Roma (Italy)
1984–1985	Hapoel Holon (Israel)
1985–1986	Fantoni Udine (Italy)
1986–1988	Limoges (France)
1988–1991	Firenze (Italy)
1991–1992	Juver Murcia (Spain)
1992–1993	Ourense (Spain)
1993–1994	Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
Career highlights and awards
Euroleague Champion (1984)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Clarence Leroy Kea (born February 2, 1959, in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" (1.98 m) 218 lb (99 kg) small forward and played collegiately at Lamar University.

Kea was selected with the 9th pick of the eighth round in the 1980 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks. After signing two 10-day contracts with the Mavericks in 1981,^[1] he was signed for the remainder of the 1980-81 season, during which he played 16 games, averaging 7.3 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. The next season (1981-82) he played 35 games but his averages dipped to 2.3 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.

After his NBA career, Kea played professionally in Italy (Banco di Roma), Israel (Hapoel Holon) and France (Limoges).

Notes

1. ^ 1981 NBA Transactions

External links

• NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
• Photo of Clarence Kea

Persondata
Name	Kea, Clarence
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 2, 1959
Place of birth	Wilmington, North Carolina
Date of death
Place of death