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3 unusual facts about Alto Virgil


Alto Virgil

Alto Virgil (born 1982 in Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.) is a British-American professional basketball player, currently plying his trade with British Basketball League team Sheffield Sharks, with whom he signed for in 2007.

Virgil played in all 36 league games during the 2006-07 season, averaing 36.86 minutes-per-game, and an impressive 18.36 points-per-game, becoming the club's second top scorer after Louis McCullough, the half-brother of NBA superstar Kevin Garnett, and the league's sixth highest scorer, with McCullough in fourth.

After his successful debut season in Britain it was no surprise that many big clubs fought to sign Alto, and on September 6 it was formally announced that Alto had penned a contract with title-chasing Sheffield Sharks, as part of Peter Scantlebury's new-look team.



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