Páll Axel Vilbergsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Páll Axel.
Páll Axel Vilbergsson
Páll Axel in 2015
Personal information
Born (1978-01-04) 4 January 1978 (age 46)
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
CollegeCampbellsville (1997)
Playing career1994–2019
Career history
As player:
1994–1997Grindavík
1998Skallagrímur
1998–1999Grindavík
1999–2000Fleron
2000–2012Grindavík
2012–2015Skallagrímur
2015–2016Grindavík
2017–2019Njarðvík-b
As coach:
2000Grindavík (Women's)
2017Grindavík (Women's)
Career highlights and awards
Career Úrvalsdeild karla statistics
Points6,949 (17.1 ppg)
Rebounds2,471 (6.1 rpg)
Games407

Páll Axel Vilbergsson (born 4 January 1978) is an Icelandic former basketball player who played for 22 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild karla and was a two time national champion.[1] He was also a member of the Icelandic national team from 1996 to 2009. In 2004 he was selected as the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year.[2]

He was one of the most prolific three point shooters the Úrvalsdeild karla history and was its first player to make 1000 three points shots.[3][4][5][6][7] In 2010 he tied the Úrvalsdeild record for most points scored by an Icelandic player in a single game when he scored 54 points against Tindastóll.[8][9] In 2011 he made a controversial three pointer at the buzzer that won the Icelandic Super Cup for Grindavík.[10][11][12][13]

Páll Axel last played for Division II club Njarðvík-b.[14]

Icelandic national team

From 1996 to 2009, Páll Axel played 92 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[15]

Awards and accomplishments

Club honours

Individual awards

Personal life

Páll Axel is the brother of Ármann Vilbergsson, who played several seasons in Úrvalsdeild karla.[18][19][20]

References

  1. ^ "Páll Axel tók við Íslandsbikarnum fyrir Grindvíkinga". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). May 3, 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Hildur og Páll Axel leikmenn ársins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). April 17, 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Páll Axel fyrstur með 1000 þrista". RÚV (in Icelandic). October 28, 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (October 26, 2015). "Páll Axel tók annað þriggja stiga met af Guðjóni Skúla". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. ^ Ásgeirsson, Eiríkur Stefán (January 23, 2014). "Páll Axel bætti metið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  6. ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (October 27, 2014). "Sögulegir þristar Páls Axels - Myndband". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. ^ Barmat, Matias (February 12, 2014). "Páll Axel Vilbergsson, new three-pointer king in Iceland". worldhoopstats.com. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  8. ^ Ásgeirsson, Eiríkur Stefán (January 10, 2010). "Páll Axel með 54 stig í Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  9. ^ Þórólfsson, Sigurður Elvar (January 12, 2010). "Stigametið hjá John Johnson stendur enn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  10. ^ Daðason, Kolbeinn Tumi (October 9, 2011). "Umfjöllun: Flautukarfa Páls Axels tryggði Grindavík sigur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Flautukarfa Páls Axels tryggði Grindavík sigur". Mbl.is (in Icelandic). October 9, 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  12. ^ Daðason, Kolbeinn Tumi (October 9, 2011). "Páll Axel: Ég þarf ekki meiri tíma en þetta". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Sigurkarfa Páls Axels hefði ekki átt að standa". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). October 11, 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Gamlar stjörnur í Njarðvík skelltu Skallagrími". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  15. ^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Besti leikmaður úrvalsdeildar karla". kki.is. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  17. ^ "KKÍ | Úrvalslið · Karla". kki.is. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  18. ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (January 10, 2010). "Grindvíkingar auðveldlega inn í undanúrslitin". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  19. ^ "Ármann Vilbergsson - 2001-2007 Statistics". KKI.is. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  20. ^ "Ármann Örn Vilbergsson". KKI.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.


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