Patrick Ewing
Center, Basketball Player
1962 –
Who is Patrick Ewing?
Patrick Aloysius Ewing, Sr. is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player. He played most of his career with the NBA's New York Knicks as their starting center and played briefly with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic. He is currently the associate head coach of the Charlotte Hornets, working under Steve Clifford.
Ewing was named as the 16th greatest college player of all time by ESPN. He won Olympic gold medals as a member of the 1984 and 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball teams. In a 1996 poll celebrating the 50th anniversary of the NBA, Ewing was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He is a two-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame as a member of the "Dream Team". He was inducted into the Hall of Fame on September 5, 2008 along with former NBA coach Pat Riley and former Houston Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon. His number 33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003.
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- Born
- Aug 5, 1962
Kingston - Also known as
- Patrick Aloysius Ewing
- Patrick Aloysius Ewing, Sr.
- Spouses
- Rita Williams-Ewing
(1990/07/27 - 1998)
- Rita Williams-Ewing
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Georgetown University
- Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
- Lived in
- Cambridge
- Kingston
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on July 23, 2013
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