Ben Anderson (basketball), Date of Birth
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New Zealand professional basketball player
Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1985
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Ben Anderson (basketball)
- Benjamin Paul "Ben" Anderson (born 8 February 1985) is a New Zealand-American basketball player who played one season in the New Zealand National Basketball League for the Manawatu Jets.
- At 192 cm tall, he played both guard positions. Born in Hamilton, New Zealand, Anderson's family moved to Melbourne, Australia at age 2 where he began and played his entire junior career for the Whittlesea City Pacers and Bulleen Boomers.
- In 2002, Anderson was selected to play for Victoria which finished 2nd in the National Championships.
- Anderson, though a role player in the tournament was one of the leaders in three point shooting and field goal percentage.
- Anderson's family pushed on to Utah when he was 18.
- He earned a scholarship to play point guard for Snow College but elected to give up the game for a couple of years.
- While living in Sandy, Utah, Anderson worked as a personal trainer.In March 2011, Anderson moved back to New Zealand to join the Manawatu Jets for the 2011 New Zealand NBL season after he met Tony Smith, a former National Basketball League veteran from the 1980s, who put him on to the idea of playing in the competition.
- Although Highly anticipated and impressive upon arrival the 'super-Fit' Anderson did not receive many opportunities during the season, as he managed his lone yet solid defensive appearance for the team in a three-minute stint on May 21 against the OceanaGold Nuggets. Anderson currently owns his own Personal Training and Wellness Consulting company called BreakThrough Strength & Conditioning in a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah.
- He works as a wellness consultant, offers training sessions for general fitness and also works with aspiring Basketballers.
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