John Amaechi Basketball player

John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi, OBE (/əˈmeɪtʃi/; born November 26, 1970) is an English retired basketball player who currently works as an educator and broadcaster in Europe and the United States.In February 2007, after his retirement from the NBA, Amaechi became the first former NBA player to come out publicly after doing so in his memoir Man in the Middle. Since then he has been regarded as "one of the world's most high-profile gay athletes".

Personal facts

John Amaechi
Birth dateNovember 26, 1970
Birth place
Boston , Massachusetts
Height (meters)2.0828
Weight (Kilograms)122.472

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Basketball player

college
Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
draft year1995
position
Power forward (basketball)
Center (basketball)

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John Amaechi on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://espn-mp3-od.andomedia.com/espnpod2/espnradio/bestofmm/bestofmm070215.mp3
  2. http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/player?id=2766598
  3. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2762656
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/speaker
  5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/speaker/improve/motivation
  6. http://www.britball.com/features/amaechi0002.htm
  7. http://www.johnamaechi.com
  8. http://www.mmu.ac.uk/graduation/honorands
  9. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-7199.html