Martin Keane
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Martin Keane is a former professional basketball
Basketball
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forward/centre
Center (basketball)
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from Canada
Canada
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. Keane played in three consecutive world basketball championships
FIBA World Championship
The FIBA World Championship is an international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation , the sport's global governing body...
for the Canadian national team
Canadian national men's basketball team
The Canadian national men's basketball team represents Canada in international basketball competitions. The team is currently ranked 24th by FIBA. Athletes for this team are selected by Canada Basketball...
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Born in Jamaica
Jamaica
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, the six foot-nine Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
native Keane attended Northeast junior college in Nebraska before transferring to the University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
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and then the University of Washington
University of Washington
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Keane played professionally in 1997-8 for Melilla Baloncesto
Melilla Baloncesto
Club Melilla Baloncesto are a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons....
of Spain
Spain
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, part of 1998-9 for the CBA
Continental Basketball Association
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's Quad City Thunder
Quad City Thunder
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, in 2001 for Avitos Giessen of Germany
Germany
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, and 2004 for AB Castellón of Spain. In the summer of '04 he played for the Barrie Bandits of Ontario Professional Basketball League.
Keane featured on the 1990
1990 FIBA World Championship
The 1990 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Argentina from August 8 to August 20, 1990.The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner...
, 1994
1994 FIBA World Championship
The 1994 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Canada from August 4 to August 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto as well as at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton...
, and 1998 FIBA World Championship
1998 FIBA World Championship
The 1998 FIBA World Championship was the 13th FIBA World Championship, an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation and hosted in Athens, Greece from July 29 to August 9, 1998...
. Playing at home in Toronto, the 1994 team finished 7th in the tournament. Keane also competed for Canada in 2001 Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games
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Side Notes:
Keane's father Leroy Keane
Leroy Keane
Leroy Orville Barrington Keane was a Jamaican National Champion and an All American track and field athlete at the University of Nebraska. His son Martin Keane was a former Canadian professional basketball player....
was a member of the Jamaican National Track Team as well as an All American at The University of Nebraska.