View source for John Duren

{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = John Duren
| image           = 
| width           = 
| caption         = 
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 3
| weight_lb       = 195
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1958|10|30}}
| birth_place     = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| high_school     = [[Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)|Dunbar]] (Washington, D.C.)
| college         = [[Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball|Georgetown]] (1976–1980)
| draft_year      = 1980
| draft_round     = 1
| draft_pick      = 19
| draft_team      = [[Utah Jazz]]
| career_start    = 1980
| career_end      = 1983
| career_number   = 18, 44
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| years1          = {{nbay|1980|start}}–{{nbay|1981|end}}
| team1           = [[Utah Jazz]]
| years2          = {{nbay|1982|full=y}}
| team2           = [[Indiana Pacers]]
| years3          = 1983–1984
| team3           = [[Rockford Lightning|Lancaster Lightning]]
| highlights      = 
* [[Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Big East Player of the Year]] (1980)
* First-team [[List of All-Big East Conference men's basketball teams|All-Big East]] (1980)
| bbr             = durenjo01
| medal_templates = 
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1979 Pan American Games|1979 San Juan]] | [[Basketball at the 1979 Pan American Games|Team competition]]}}
}}

'''John Thomas Duren''' (born October 30, 1958) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. A {{convert|6|ft|3|in|cm|0|adj=on}} [[point guard]] from [[Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)|Dunbar High School]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], he played [[college basketball]] with his high school teammate [[Craig Shelton]] at [[Georgetown University]] from [[1976–77 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team|1976]] to [[1979–80 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team|1980]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://guhoyas.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/gu-m-baskbl-recordsandawards.html |title=Georgetown Men's Basketball – Records and Awards |access-date=2007-08-14 |archive-date=2007-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104144129/http://guhoyas.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/gu-m-baskbl-recordsandawards.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a gold medalist as a member of the [[United States at the Pan American Games|United States]] [[Basketball at the 1979 Pan American Games|basketball team]] at the [[1979 Pan American Games]]. During his senior year, he was chosen for the [[List of All-Big East Conference men's basketball teams|1979–80 All-Big East First Team]] and was the [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]] [[Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Player of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title =1979-80 Men's Big East Conference Season Summary | publisher =sportsreference.com | date = | url =https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/men/1980.html | access-date =March 22, 2025 }}</ref>

Duren was selected with the 19th overall pick in the [[1980 NBA draft]] by the [[Utah Jazz]]. He played for the Jazz for two seasons before signing as a [[free agent]] with the [[Indiana Pacers]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nba.com/media/pacers/Pacers%20Media%20Guide_NBA%20Years%201976-Present.pdf |title= Pacers Media Guide: NBA Years 1976–Present |website= [[NBA.com]] |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070508044626/http://www.nba.com/media/pacers/Pacers%20Media%20Guide_NBA%20Years%201976-Present.pdf |archivedate= 2007-05-08 }}&nbsp;{{small|(653&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]])}}; retrieved April 13, 2007</ref> for [[1982-83 NBA season|1982–83]], his final NBA season. His final professional season was in 1983–84 with the [[Rockford Lightning|Lancaster Lightning]] of the [[Continental Basketball Association]].

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DURENJO01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com

{{1980 NBA draft}}
{{Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year navbox}}
{{United States Men Basketball Squad 1979 Pan American Games}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duren, John}}
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.) alumni]]
[[Category:Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Indiana Pacers players]]
[[Category:Lancaster Lightning players]]
[[Category:Point guards]]
[[Category:Utah Jazz players]]
[[Category:Utah Jazz draft picks]]
[[Category:Basketball players at the 1979 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in basketball]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
{{1950s-US-basketball-bio-stub}}