Erwin Dudley is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on October 2, 1981 in Uniontown, Alabama, United States. Erwin Lamond Dudley (born October 2nd 1981) is an American professional basketball player with Sakarya BB of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). Additionally, he holds Turkish citizenship, and is a name of Ersin Dagli.
Dudley is the child of Patricia Dudley and Otis Hunter II. The couple is ex-wife Tamara Croom, and has a daughternamed LaDaisha. In August of 2011 Dudley and his wife welcomed twins. Because he played with Turk Telekom for three consecutive seasons, Dudley was eligible to apply for Turkish citizenship. On the 17th of December the 17th of December, 2008, his Turkish citizenship became legally recognized. In 2009, he was the first basketball player time playing as the first Turkish citizen. Dudley is currently a the dual American and Turkish citizenship.
In the summer of 2011, he signed a contract with Beşiktaş. He helped them to win the Turkish Basketball League, Turkish Cup and EuroChallenge.
In July 2012, he signed a contract with Galatasaray Liv Hospital.
In 2004 Dudley began his professional journey as a player for Maccabi Rishon LeZion in Israel playing in 22 games scoring 19.7 points as well as 11.6 rebound. In 2005, he signed with Turk Telekom in Ankara, Turkey and averaged 17.1 points along with 8.4 rebounds over 34 games. After 2006 Dudley returned to Turk Telekom and averaged 16.1 points 8.8 rebounding along with 1.4 aids in the Turkish Basketball League and 21.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists in the Fiba EuroCup.
