Wayman Tisdale

Basketball Player
BIRTHDAY
June 9,1964
Birthplace
Fort Worth, TX
Age
May 15,2009,age 44
Birth Sign
Gemini
BIRTHDAY
June 9,1964 (age May 15,2009,age 44)
Birthplace
Fort Worth, TX

About

3-time All-American power forward at the University of Oklahoma who won a gold medal on the 1984 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team and was the second overall pick in the 1985 NBA Draft.

Before Fame

He became more interested in basketball after he learned how to dunk in eighth grade.

Trivia

He became a very successful musician, recording eight albums and one of them, called Face to Face, reached number one on the contemporary jazz chart.

Family Life

His father was Louis Tisdale and he was married to Regina Tisdale.

Associated With

The album American Ride by Toby Keith was dedicated to Tisdale's memory.