Mark Olberding

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Mark Olberding

| image = Mark Olberding 1986-87.jpg

| caption = Olberding, circa 1986

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 225

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|4|21}}

| birth_place = Melrose, Minnesota

| high_school = Melrose (Melrose, Minnesota){{cite news |title=Olberding overshadows everyone in final Central Gopher statistics |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100716124/olberding-overshadows-everyone-in-final/ |access-date=29 April 2022 |work=St. Cloud Times |date=19 March 1974 |page=29 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

| college = Minnesota (1974–1975)

| draft_year = 1975

| career_start = 1975

| career_end = 1988

| career_position = Power forward / small forward

| career_number = 21

| years1 = 1975

| team1 = San Diego Sails

| years2 = 1975–{{nbay|1981|end}}

| team2 = San Antonio Spurs

| years3 = {{nbay|1982|full=y}}

| team3 = Chicago Bulls

| years4 = {{nbay|1983|start}}–{{nbay|1986|end}}

| team4 = Kansas City/Sacramento Kings

| years5 = 1987–1988

| team5 = Benetton Treviso

| highlights =

• ABA All-Rookie Team (1976)
• Second-team All-Big Ten (1975)
• Second-team Parade All-American (1974)

| bbr = olberma01

}}

Mark Allen Olberding (born April 21, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player{{cite news |author1=Jim Van Vliet |title=A workingman's life for Olberding |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100715932/a-workingmans-life-for-olberding/ |access-date=29 April 2022 |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=15 November 1985 |pages=C1, C3 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{cite news |author1=Tom Friend |title=Once again, he's being treated like a king |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100716507/ |access-date=29 April 2022 |work=The Kansas City Star |date=23 October 1983 |page=17 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} born in Melrose, Minnesota.

A 6'8" forward from the University of Minnesota, Olberding played 12 seasons (1975–1987) in the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association{{cite news |author1=Tim Oglesby |title=Olberding's the one for UCD coaching job |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100716328/ |access-date=29 April 2022 |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=31 May 1990 |pages=14–15 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} as a member of the San Diego Sails (1975–76), San Antonio Spurs (1975–82), Chicago Bulls (1982–83) and Kansas City/Sacramento Kings (1983–87). He had his best seasons with the Spurs, for whom he played 536 games. One of the highlights of his career occurred on January 21, 1977, when he made 10 field goals without missing in a game against the Boston Celtics. In the 1987–88 season, he played professionally in Italy for Benetton Treviso.

During the 1980s, Spurs teammates Olberding, George Johnson, Dave Corzine, Kevin Restani, Paul Griffin, and Reggie Johnson earned the nickname "The Bruise Brothers" for their physical style of play.

Olberding currently lives in San Antonio.