Peter Cornell

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Peter Cornell
Personal information
Born (1976-06-01) June 1, 1976 (age 47)
San Francisco, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight 245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school Piedmont (Piedmont, California)
College Loyola Marymount (1996–1998)
NBA draft 1998 / Undrafted
Playing career 1998–2009
Position Center
Career history
1998–1999 Magic City Snowbears (IBA)
1999 Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs (USBL)
2000–2001 San Diego Wildfire (ABA)
2001 Memphis Houn'Dawgs (ABA)
2001 Partizan (Yugoslavia)
2002 Las Vegas Slam (ABA)
2002–2003 North Charleston Lowgators (NBDL)
2003–2004 Zhejiang Wanma Cyclones (China)
2004–2005 Guangdong Southern Tigers (China)
2005–2006 Rizing Fukuoka (Japan)
2006 Sydney Spirit (Australia)
2007–2008 Hitachi Sunrockers (Japan)
2008–2009 Toshiba Brave Thunders (Japan)

Peter Vasilevich Cornell (born June 1, 1976) is a retired American professional basketball player, and currently is an NBA Certified Player-Agent, working for Pinnacle Management Corporation, the agency that represented him throughout his career. In his 12-year career, he played for over 30 teams, in 15 various leagues, and in 7 different countries. He is also moonlights as an actor, and has been in over 60 national and international commercial campaigns and a few basketball themed movies. Most notably, he played the character of Vakidis in 2008 film Semi-Pro.

Early life

Cornell was born in San Francisco, California and raised in the small affluent town of Piedmont, California in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from Piedmont High School in 1994 and received a full basketball scholarship to play at Loyola Marymount University.

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