Phil Smyth

Quick Facts

Full Name	Phil Smyth
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	May 11, 1958(1958-05-11)
Age	66
Birthplace	Adelaide
Country	Australia
Birth City	South Australia
Horoscope	Taurus

Phil Smyth Biography

Phil Smyth is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on May 11, 1958 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Smyth, an Adelaide junior, was already seen as one of Australia’s best point guards when the National Basketball League first started in 1979, yet it took him until 1982 to actually play in the league, despite having represented Australia at the 1978 FIBA World Championship in the Philippines and at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Smyth represented Australia at four Summer Olympic Games (1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992), achieving a best result of 4th at the 1988 Games in Seoul where he was the team captain. He was also a member of the Boomers at the FIBA World Championships in 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994 with a best result of 5th place in both 1982 and 1994. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, Smyth and his wife, Jenny Cheesman, would become the first husband and wife to captain Australian teams at the same Olympics.

Phil Smyth Net Worth

Phil Smyth is one of the richest Basketball Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Phil Smyth 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Philip John Smyth AM (born 11 May 1958) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach. He won three National Basketball League (NBL) championships with the Canberra Cannons before going on to be a three-time championship-winning head coach of the NBL’s Adelaide 36ers. Smyth was a four- time Olympian with the Australian national basketball team.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Phil Smyth height 6 ft 0 in Piero weight 76 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Phil Smyth Dating?

According to our records, Phil Smyth married to Jenny Cheesman. As of December 1, 2023, Phil Smyth’s is not dating anyone.

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He would play on with the Cannons until the end of the 1992 NBL season when he was lured back home to Adelaide to play for the Adelaide 36ers. Despite being in the twilight of his playing career, Smyth would again be a major contributor helping the generally under-performing 36ers get back into the playoffs. Smyth played two seasons for the 36ers and would lose his second and last NBL grand final series in 1994, again to the North Melbourne Giants who defeated Adelaide 2-0 in the championship series.

Facts & Trivia

Piero Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Phil Smyth celebrates birthday on May 11 of every year.

After Adelaide 36ers coach Dave Claxton failed to take the team to the playoffs in 1997, the club hired the recently retired Smyth as head coach of the team from the 1998 NBL season, the club banking on his years of experience as a player despite his only previous coaching experience being as a specialist coach at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) during his playing days with Canberra as well as coaching South Adelaide women’s teams in the early 1980s.