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Manute Bol
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Sudanese-American basketball player
OverviewAI-generated
Manute Bol was a Sudanese basketball player who competed as a center for teams including the Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat, and Rapid City Thrillers. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers and Washington Wizards and represented Sudan in international competition. His professional career ended in 1996.
Born in Turalei in 1962, Bol attended Case Western Reserve University and the University of Bridgeport. He served in the Sudanese Armed Forces. He was the father of Bol Bol and had a relative named Peter Jok. He died of kidney failure in Charlottesville in 2010 and was buried in Turalei.
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Key facts
- 1985
- Rhode Island Gulls
- 1994
- Washington Bullets
- Born
- c. 1946–1962 , Turalei , Sudan (present-day South Sudan )
- Died
- June 19, 2010 (aged between 48 and 64) , Charlottesville, Virginia , U.S.
- Nationality
- Dinka Sudanese / American
- Listed height
- 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
- Listed weight
- 200 lb (91 kg)
- College
- Bridgeport (1984–1985)
- Nba draft
- 1985 : 2nd round, 31st overall pick
- Drafted by
- Washington Bullets
- Playing career
- 1985–1997
- Position
- Center
- Number
- 10, 11, 4, 1
- 1985 1988
- Washington Bullets
- 1988 1990
- Golden State Warriors
- 1990 1993
- Philadelphia 76ers
- 1993 1994
- Miami Heat
- 1994 1995
- Golden State Warriors
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- Sudan
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sudan
- Place of birth
- Turalei
- Place of death
- Charlottesville
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- University of Bridgeport
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- Sudan
- Mass
- 102
- Military branch
- Sudanese Armed Forces
- Military rank
- soldier
- Image
- Manute Bol at Bridgeport Knights 1984.jpg
- Height
- 231
Show 12 more facts
- Commons category
- Manute Bol
- date of birth
- 1962-10-16
- date of death
- 2010-06-19
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- drafted by
- Washington Wizards
- different from
- Elmore Smith
- relative
- Peter Jok
- nickname
- The Project
- place of burial
- Turalei
- end of work period
- 1996-00-00
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Manute Bol (/məˈnuːt ˈboʊl/ mə-NOOT BOHL; d. June 19, 2010) was a Dinka Sudanese-American professional basketball player and political activist. Listed at 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) or 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) tall, Bol was one of the two tallest players in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
After he played college basketball for the Bridgeport Purple Knights, Bol was selected by the Washington Bullets in the 1985 NBA draft. Bol played for the Bullets and three other teams over the course of his NBA career, which lasted from 1985 to 1995. A center, Bol is considered among the best shot-blockers in the history of the sport and is the only NBA player to retire with more career blocked shots than points scored. As of March 2026, he ranked second in NBA history in blocked shots per game and 17th in total blocked shots.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manute Bol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.