Jimmy Shields (basketball player)

Player information
Jimmy Shields
Full name	James Charles Shields
Nickname	Jimmy
birthday	May 14, 1970
place of birth	Erie (PA), USA
size	208 cm
position	Center / Power Forward
college	Richmond
Clubs as active
1988–1992 Richmond Spiders ( NCAA ) 1992–1995 BG Bramsche / Osnabrück 1995–1999 MTV Gießen 1846 1999–2000 Apollon Patras 2000–2001 Opel Skyliners 2002 HERZOGtel Trier 2003 Gießen 46ers United States Germany Germany Greece Germany 00000Germany 00000 Germany
Clubs as coaches
2004 Artland Dragons ( AC ) 00000 Germany

James Charles "Jimmy" Shields (born May 14, 1970 in Erie , Pennsylvania ) is a retired basketball player . The native Americans took during his professional career in Europe , the German citizenship of. After his basketball career, Shields returned to his home country and worked for one of the world's largest corporations in the management of the wind energy business.

Career

During his studies in his home country Shields played for the Spiders of the University of Richmond in the NCAA Division I. With the Spiders, Shields won the regular season in 1989 and 1992 and the championship tournament of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) of the NCAA in 1990 and 1991 . When the tournament was won in 1991, Shields was named " Most Valuable Player " (MVP) of the tournament. In the national NCAA finals in 1990 in the first round of the later runner-up Blue Devils of Duke University with 81:46. In contrast, a year later they achieved a historic victory in the first round when they were the first team to be placed in 15th position with the Orangemen of Syracuse University to defeat a team placed in 2nd position. In the following round, however, they were eliminated against the Owls of Temple University .

After completing his studies in 1992, Shields signed a professional contract with the German first division club BG Bramsche / Osnabrück. After qualifying twice for the play-off round of the German championship , where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals, the Bundesliga license was transferred to a new sponsoring company in 1994 and the team was renamed SG Bramsche / Osnabrück. The relegation could be secured in the relegation round, but the economic difficulties remained with the new sponsoring company, so that in 1995 the license was returned. Shields then moved to the traditional club MTV 1846 in Giessen , with whose team he fluctuated in the following four seasons between the first play-off round and sovereign relegation round in the relegation round.

In 1999 he moved to Patras in Greece and was active with Jens-Uwe Gordon , also a German-American, under coach Dirk Bauermann at the then-based second division Apollon. For the 2000/01 season he returned to the BBL and signed a contract with the Opel Skyliners from Frankfurt am Main , who played in the newly created ULEB Euroleague . Eliminated early internationally with just one win in the group phase, they also eliminated nationally as the main round eight in the first round against series champion Alba Berlin . After a knee operation after the end of the season, he was no longer used at the beginning of the following season and finally loaned to the German league competitor HERZOGtel Trier, with whom he achieved relegation in the BBL. Increasing knee problems let him skip the following season. At the beginning of the 2003/04 season he had a comeback at the Gießener club, now operating as the 46ers , which only lasted ten games. At the beginning of the 2004/05 season he represented the sick Ralf Rehberger as assistant to head coach Chris Fleming at the Artland Dragons from the Osnabrück region , where he had started his career in Germany.

Web links

James Shields (Gießen 46ers) - player profile on the statistics pages of the BBL
Player Info - Shields, James Charles - Profile and statistics on the websites of the Giessen 46ers
SHIELDS, JAMES - Player profile on the sides of the ULEB Euro League ( English )

Individual evidence

↑ "Have a beer for me - I'll be there in ten years". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , April 28, 2010, accessed on October 14, 2015 .
↑ James C. Shields. LinkedIn , accessed March 25, 2011 (English, profile).
↑ Jerry Crowe: NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Duke Routs Richmond, 81-46. Los Angeles Times , March 17, 1990, accessed June 23, 2013 (archived article).
↑ Ryan Fagan: Syracuse basketball's 1991 loss to Richmond tops list of biggest NCAA tournament first-round upsets (Fagan). The Post-Standard: Syracuse.com, April 12, 2012, accessed June 23, 2013 .
↑ Shields back in Giessen. Schoenen-Dunk.de, August 14, 2003, accessed on March 25, 2011 (Medien-Info Gießen 46ers).
↑ James Shields helps out Dragons. Schoenen-Dunk.de, September 7, 2004, accessed on March 25, 2011 (Medien-Info Artland Dragons).

personal data
SURNAME	Shields, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Shields, James Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American-German basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH	May 14, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Erie, Pennsylvania , United States

[1] "Have a beer for me - I'll be there in ten years". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , April 28, 2010, accessed on October 14, 2015 .

[2] James C. Shields. LinkedIn , accessed March 25, 2011 (English, profile).

[3] Jerry Crowe: NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Duke Routs Richmond, 81-46. Los Angeles Times , March 17, 1990, accessed June 23, 2013 (archived article).

[4] Ryan Fagan: Syracuse basketball's 1991 loss to Richmond tops list of biggest NCAA tournament first-round upsets (Fagan). The Post-Standard: Syracuse.com, April 12, 2012, accessed June 23, 2013 .

[5] Shields back in Giessen. Schoenen-Dunk.de, August 14, 2003, accessed on March 25, 2011 (Medien-Info Gießen 46ers).

[6] James Shields helps out Dragons. Schoenen-Dunk.de, September 7, 2004, accessed on March 25, 2011 (Medien-Info Artland Dragons).