Calvin Brock (basketball)


Calvin Brock is an American professional basketball player from Chicago, Illinois. Brock played star high school ball at Simeon Career Academy of the Chicago Public League. He was a member of the National Honor Society. Leading the Simeon team to the 2004 state Class AA quarterfinals, Brock become a Tribune First-Team All-State selection. He was called “the Public League's best all-around player...Averaged 22 points, 10 rebounds, 5 steals, 4 assists and 4 blocks”

[NCAA] College Play

In 2005 he began playing college ball at the University of Illinois wearing number 25, to honor the late Benjamin "Benji" Wilson Jr., as have other Simeon basketball alumni, Nick Anderson and Deon Thomas. In his junior year he scored 258 total points. For his senior year as the sixth man, Brock averaged 4.9 points and 3.0 rebounds in 16.7 minutes per game. He received his bachelor's degree in sports management.

Professional Play

When Brock was not drafted by a National Basketball Association team, he began his pro career in Germany. In 2012, after three seasons of playing professional basketball in Europe, he tore the LCL in his right knee. Back in Chicago for rehab, thoughts of coaching are on his mind.