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Patrick Ewing
American basketball player
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Patrick Aloysius Ewing
- Awards And Honors:
- Basketball Hall of Fame (2008)
Patrick Ewing (born August 5, 1962, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born American basketball player and coach who was one of the dominant stars of his era, primarily while playing for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ewing arrived in the United States at age 11, and he was introduced to basketball relatively late in life while a schoolboy in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He quickly overcame his initial awkwardness on the court and became a hotly recruited player in high school, eventually taking a scholarship offer from Georgetown University. A 7-foot (2.13-metre) center, Ewing had an outstanding collegiate ...(100 of 413 words)