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- 1967
Bio
David Brownbill was a two-year standout for the SUNY Orange men s basketball team during the 1964-65 and 1965-66 campaigns. Known as a sharpshooter and prolific scorer, Brownbill amassed 1,356 points during his career and ranks second on the Colts all-time scoring list.
Brownbill led the East Coast Junior College Conference in scoring, averaging 29.5 points per game, in 1965; was named to the ECJC All-Star Team; and was the ECJC tournament Most Valuable Player. He was the only New Yorker named to the New York- Maryland Challenge Cup all-tournament team in 1965.
In 1965-66, he helped the Colts to a sparkling 17-5 record after the team had won just seven times in 22 outings the season before.
He went on to continue his career at Hofstra, graduating from Long Island University in 1969. During the 1970s and 1980s, Brownbill played alongside the legends of basketball on teams that participated in the legendary Rucker Tournament in New York City and was a close friend of National Basketball Association Hall of Famer Julius Dr. J. Erving. Brownbill also was a member of the Harlem Laugh-Ins traveling comedy basketball team that barnstormed the Northeast in the early 1970s.
Brownbill is presently a Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) actor who has appeared briefly in a variety of television shows, including Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Gossip Girl, Blue Bloods, The Sopranos and Nurse Jackie. His list of movie credits includes Spiderman 3, Bourne Ultimatum, The Sorcerer s Apprentice, American Gangster and We Own the Night. He also teaches a computer lab for senior citizens at the New York City Senior Center.