Greg Brunner

Greg Brunner
Player information
Full name	Greg Thomas Brunner
birthday	June 15, 1983
place of birth	Charles City , Iowa , USA
size	2.03 m
position	Power Forward / Center
High school	Charles City HS
college	University of Iowa
National team
	Switzerland

Greg Thomas Brunner (born June 15, 1983 in Charles City , Iowa ) is a retired American - Swiss basketball player . Since the end of his playing career, he has worked as a financial advisor in his home town of Iowa.

Career

Brunner grew up in the US state of Iowa and played basketball at Charles City High School in his hometown. Between 2002 and 2006 he wore the University of Iowa jersey . In its final season at the college (2005/06) the team won the championship in the Big Ten Conference. In the same year Brunner was named to the Big Ten Team of the Year and received the league's Medal of Honor.

He then hit a professional career and played in a 2006 summer league in Las Vegas for the Minnesota Timberwolves , but could not recommend himself for a contract with the NBA club.

Brunner spent his first two professional years in Belgium, where he played for the first division side Verviers-Pepinster (2006/07 season) and BC Oostende (2007/08). With Oostende he won the Belgian cup competition.

In the 2008/09 season, Brunner initially played briefly for the Israeli first division club Ironi Nahariya and moved in December 2008 to the Italian Serie A team Angelico Biella . In the following years he was under contract with various other Italian first division clubs, namely Sigma Coatings Montegranaro, Benetton Treviso, Bennet Cantu and Grissin Bon Reggio Emila.

Brunner also made his debut in the Euroleague in Cantu in 2012. In 2014 he won the European Cup " EuroChallenge " with Grissin Bon Reggio Emila .

After the 2013/14 season, he ended his playing career and returned to his home in Iowa.

National team

In 2010 he was appointed to the Swiss national team for the first time.

Personal

Parts of Brunner's family come from Grabs in the canton of St. Gallen .

Web links

• Profile on the University of Iowa website
• Profile at Eurobasket.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Greg Brunner | LinkedIn. (No longer available online.) In: fr.linkedin.com. Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 10, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ^ Ohio State's Terence Dials Named Big Ten Player of the Year by Coaches And Media Big Ten Conference Official Site. (No longer available online.) In: www.bIERT.org. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012 ; accessed on March 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ CONFERENCE MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS. (PDF) Big Ten, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English). 
4. ↑ JAMIE SUHR, Of The Globe Gazette: Brunner gets shot with Timberwolves. In: Mason City Globe Gazette. Retrieved March 10, 2016 . 
5. ^ Brunner Signs Professional Contract to Play in Belgium. In: www.hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved March 10, 2016 . 
6. ↑ BRUNNER, GREG - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. In: www.euroleague.net. Retrieved March 10, 2016 . 
7. ↑ ISBEurope: Le Reggio Emilia remporte le titre! In: Inside Basket Europe. Retrieved March 10, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Le basketteur américain Greg Brunner (27, Trévise / ITA), d'origine helvétique, va jouer pour la Suisse. In: rts.ch. Retrieved March 10, 2016 . 
9. ↑ premium sports: Swiss Basketball: Greg Brunner un messie pour la Suisse? (No longer available online.) In: www.swissbasketball.ch. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016 ; accessed on March 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.