Wayman Tisdale
Wayman Tisdale was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States on June 9th, 1964 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 44, Wayman Tisdale biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Lawrence Tisdale, 1964–2009) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a smooth jazz bass guitarist.
He was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009 as a three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma.
Early life
Tisdale was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and he was destined to be a teacher. Louis Tisdale, his father, was a well-known pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for 21 years as the senior pastor of Friendship Church; after his father died in 1997, he was named L.L. Tisdale Parkway has been named in his honour. Weldon, Wayman's older brother, served as the church's pastor from 1997 to 2018.
Tisdale was not interested in basketball growing up. When older brothers Weldon and William played pickup games, he usually resigned before they were finished, retreating to the family's sandbox. Tisdale, on the other hand, took to the sport in the eighth grade when he first learned to dunk.
Regina, his future wife, was married at church in April 1981. They were juniors at various Tulsa high schools, and she did not know he was one of the country's most highly recruited basketball players.
Tisdale described music as his "first love." He played bass guitar at his father's church throughout his youth and college basketball careers.
Tisdale's music and church were so important that he was hired to the University of Oklahoma, Sooners head coach Billy Tubbs changed the team's workout schedule. He changed the team's Sunday services from the morning to the evening in order to encourage Tisdale to attend morning services at his father's church in Tulsa.
Basketball career
Tisdale graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he grew up. He was a three-time Big Eight Conference Player of the Year and the first college athlete to be named a first-team All American by the Associated Press in his freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons. He holds the Oklahoma record for the most points scored by any player through his freshman and sophomore seasons. As a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team coached by Bobby Knight, he received a gold medal. Tisdale was the second overall pick in the 1985 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers.
Tisdale had a 12-season career with the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, and the Phoenix Suns as a power forward. He had his best season with the Kings in 1989–90, when he scored 22.3 points and 7.5 rebounds a game. Tisdale left teaching in 1997 to concentrate on his musical career.
The University of Oklahoma had Tisdale's jersey number (23) retired in 1997. Blake Griffin was allowed to wear it during his undergraduate years at OU (2007-2009), he petitioned and received Tisdale's permission before accepting it.
The Wayman Tisdale Award, the highest undergraduate award in the NCAA, has been named for the freshman.