Gary Voce

{{Short description|American-Jamaican basketball player (born 1965)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

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| name = Gary Voce

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 240

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|11|24}}

| birth_place = Jamaica

| nationality = American / Jamaican

| high_school = St. Nicholas of Tolentine
(Bronx, New York)

| college = Notre Dame (1984–1988)

| draft_year = 1988

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| career_number = 54

| career_position = Power forward

| years1 = 1988–1989

| team1 = Rapid City Thrillers

| years2 = {{nbay|1989|start}}

| team2 = Cleveland Cavaliers

| years3 = 1990

| team3 = Westside Melbourne Saints

| years4 = 1990–1991

| team4 = Tulsa Fast Breakers

| years5 = 1992–1993

| team5 = Fargo-Moorhead Fever

| years6 = 1994–1995

| team6 = Harrisburg Hammerheads

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Gary Anthony Voce (born November 24, 1965) is a retired American-Jamaican basketball player. He played collegiately at the University of Notre Dame.{{cite news |author1=Paul Mullaney |title=Voce not a mystery anymore |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/310709543/ |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=The Times of Northwest Indiana |date=2 February 1987 |page=B1}}{{cite news |author1=Bill Moor |title=Everything's cricket with Voce |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/518856261/ |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=The South Bend Tribune |date=19 February 1988 |page=B4}}

A 6'9" and 240 lb forward, Voce had two stints with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was a member of the team for three months during the 1988–89 season but did not appear in a regular season game.{{cite news |author1=Terry Pluto |title=Voce saga illustrates need for NBA taxi squad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/154224731/ |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=The Akron Beacon Journal |date=1 January 1989 |page=D6}} He was named to Cleveland's roster at the start of the following season to replace an injured Chris Dudley.{{cite news |last1=Pluto |first1=Terry |title=NBA: Cavs must keep injured list at three |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-nba-cavs-must/136994505/ |access-date=18 December 2023 |work=The Akron Beacon Journal |date=2 November 1989 |pages=39}} He played in one regular season game for the Cavaliers in a 100–92 road loss against the Washington Bullets on November 10, 1989. He scored 2 points in 4 minutes.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/fc/pgl_finder.cgi?request=1&player=vocega01&match=game&year_min=1990&year_max=1990&age_min=0&age_max=99&team_id=&opp_id=&game_location=&game_result=&is_starter=&pos=&c1stat=&c1comp=gt&c1val=&c2stat=&c2comp=gt&c2val=&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=pts Gary Voce Player Game Finder] at basketball-reference.com He was waived by the Cavaliers when Dudley returned from injury shortly thereafter.{{cite news |title=Cleveland Drops Voce, Adds Dudley |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-cleveland-drops-voc/136994641/ |access-date=18 December 2023 |work=The Orlando Sentinel |date=16 November 1989 |pages=22}} In 1990, he played for the Westside Melbourne Saints in the National Basketball League (NBL).{{cite news |author1=Michelle Brown |title=New Saint hopes to rebound into NBA |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/124801332/ |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=The Age |date=21 February 1990 |page=38}} Voce was playing for the Harrisburg Hammerheads of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) when the team folded in 1996. He was not picked up by any other teams in the CBA's dispersal draft.{{cite news |last1=Bradford |first1=Ken |title=Former Irish Bounce out of CBA |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-former-irish-boun/136994944/ |access-date=18 December 2023 |work=The South Bend Tribune |date=1 April 1995 |pages=6}}