Ben Mockford
{{short description|British basketball player}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Ben Mockford
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|8|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Shoreham-by-Sea, England
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_kg = 78
| high_school = Oak Hill Academy
(Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
| college =
- Iona (2009–2010)
- St. Francis Brooklyn (2011–2014)
| position = Shooting guard
| league = BBL
| team = Newcastle Eagles
| number = 4
| draft_year = 2014
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
| years1 = 2014–2015
| team1 = Cáceres
| years2 = 2014–2015
| team2 = Plymouth Raiders
| years3 = 2015–2016
| team3 = Cáceres
| years4 = 2016–2018
| team4 = CB Bahía San Agustín
| years5 = 2018–2019
| team5 = ASK Karditsas B.C.
| years6 = 2019–2020
| team6 = Cheshire Phoenix
| years7 = 2020–2021
| team7 = Bristol Flyers
| years8 = 2021–2022
| team8 = Cheshire Phoenix
| years9 = 2022
| team9 = LYONSO
| years10 = 2022–present
| team10 = Newcastle Eagles
}}
Ben Mockford (born 18 August 1989) is a British basketball player for Newcastle Eagles of the British Basketball League (BBL) and the Great Britain national team.[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Ben_Mockford/pid//_//players.html FIBA profile]
Professional career
On 10 December 2020, Mockford signed a short-term contract with the Bristol Flyers for the 2020–21 BBL season.{{cite news|title=Flyers sign Mockford on short-term deal|url=http://www.bbl.org.uk/flyers-sign-mockford-on-short-term-deal/|accessdate=10 December 2020|publisher=British Basketball League|date=10 December 2020}} On 27 October 2021, he signed with Cheshire Phoenix of the BBL.{{cite web |title=GB GUARD BEN MOCKFORD RE-JOINS THE NIX |url=https://cheshirephoenix.com/2021/10/27/gb-guard-ben-mockford-re-joins-the-nix/ |publisher=Cheshire Phoenix |access-date=23 December 2021 |date=27 October 2021}}
In August 2022, Mockford signed with the Newcastle Eagles.{{cite web |title=Ben Mockford lands with Newcastle Eagles for new season|url=https://www.hoopsfix.com/2022/08/ben-mockford-lands-with-newcastle-eagles-for-new-season/ |publisher=Newcastle Eagles}}
National team career
Mockford earned his first cap for the Great Britain national team in an international friendly against Latvia in Worcester, England, on 19 July 2014. Mockford had his first stellar performance with the team during an FIBA EuroBasket 2015 qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina, scoring 19 points on 5/8 shooting from three point range. He was a regular member of head coach Joe Prunty's squads from 2014 to 2017, and was selected to play for GB at the FIBA EuroBasket 2017.[http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/Ben-Mockford EuroBasket 2017 profile], FIBA
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Category:Sportspeople from Shoreham-by-Sea
Category:British expatriate basketball people
Category:British expatriate basketball people in Spain
Category:British expatriate basketball people in the United States
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:English men's basketball players
Category:Iona Gaels men's basketball players
Category:St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball players
Category:Plymouth Raiders players
Category:Cheshire Phoenix players