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Frank Alonzo Booker (born March 22, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. In his first game in Iceland, Booker set a Úrvalsdeild record by making 15 three point shots.

NBA
On June 22, 1987, Booker was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the second pick in Round 7 of the 1987 NBA Draft. He had short pre-season stints with the Nets, Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers.

ÍR
Booker joined ÍR in January of 1991 and in his first game he set a Úrvalsdeild record when he made 15 three point shots. Two games later he tied the record when he again made 15 three pointers, on route to 60 points, in a loss against Snæfell. For the season he averaged a league leading 43,2 points while making 7,8 three pointers per game.

Valur
He joined Valur at the start of the 1991-1992 season and led them to the 1992 Úrvalsdeild finals where the team lost to Keflavík, 2-3, after holding a 2-1 lead in the series. As a member of Valur he led the league in scoring in 1992 and 1994.

Grindavík
After three seasons with Valur, Booker joined Grindavík in 1994. For the season Booker averaged 15,5 points per game, leading the club to the second best record in the league, and he helping it to win the 1995 Icelandic Basketball Cup.

Booker was unexpectedly let go from Grindavík after their first game in the 1995 Úrvalsdeild playoffs. The split was far from amicable. Grindavík claimed Booker had become disgruntled and disinterested after being denied by the team to participate in the All-Star game in February, do to him missing practices the same week becaus of back injury. They further claimed that he had dishonered an agreement to live in an appartment the club rented for him in Grindavík, dubbed "the most expensive shoe storage this side of the Alps" by the press, and spent to much energy driving back and forth from Reykjavík where he lived with his girlfriend.

Booker denied the allegations.

Grindavík stepped up after Booker's departure, dismantling Haukar in the next game, 88-122, and sweeping them out of the playoffs.

Allegations that Booker leaked Grindavík's playbook to KR.

Booker requested that the club payed him bonus for getting to the quarter finals.

Coaching career
Booker started as the head coach of Valur during the 1993-1994 season. He was replaced after a 3-10 start by Svali Björgvinsson.

Personal life
Booker's half Icelandic son, Frank Aron Booker, played for the Oklahoma Sooners in the Big 12 Conference from 2013 to 2015. He transferred from the Florida Atlantic Owls before the 2015-16 season.