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Manute Bol (; October 16, 1962 – June 19, 2010 ) was a Sudanese-born basketball player and activist.
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* 1962 – Manute Bol, Sudanese basketball player ( d. 2010 )
* Manute Bol, former professional basketball player and member of NBA's Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Miami Heat, who died from complications.
** Manute Bol, Sudanese basketball player and activist ( d. 2010 )
* In 2002 he lost in the third round to former NBA basketball player Manute Bol in a charity boxing match on the Fox Network's Celebrity Boxing program.
The memorial service for Manute Bol was held on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at 10: 00 a. m. at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. Bol's body lay in an eight-foot-long, specially built casket.
I ’ ve never seen anybody use his celebrity status more nor give his life more completely to a group of people than Manute Bol did.
Manute Bol's family patriarch, Bol Bol Chol, said, " This man is not an ordinary man.
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Manute and 19
Manute had never filed draft paperwork, and his passport listed him at 19 ( At the time, 19 years was too young to be drafted ).
Manute and 2010
Upon his death in 2010, NBA basketball star Manute Bol was buried in the Warrap state in his hometown of Turalei.
Manute and was
He was the son of a Dinka tribal chief, who gave him the name " Manute ", which means " special blessing.
So Manute was a voice for hope.
At 7 ft 7 in ( 2. 31 m ), he is one of the tallest players in NBA history, along with Sudanese player Manute Bol, who was also 7 ft 7 in.
The book, intended largely to be a humorous recollection of Williams's life in the NBA, was later cited as containing nine separate anecdotes involving his tendency to play with guns, including one where football player Wayne Chrebet is nearly shot and one where the uncle of Manute Bol is threatened playfully with an unloaded handgun.
One of the first foreign players selected in the draft to play in the NBA was Manute Bol out of the Sudan in 1983 in the 5th round by the San Diego Clippers.
Manute Bol was selected in the 5th round by the Clippers, but the NBA rejected the pick on technicalities.
Manute and Sudanese-born
* Manute Bol, Sudanese-born basketball player and activist
Manute and player
* Manute Bol, former NBA player, one of the two tallest players in the league's history
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Khoc, Ambassador of Sudan to the U. S said that " Manute had a very great heart for his country and people.
Manute embodied everything we can think of in Sudan.
Manute stood for grassroots reconciliation.
Prichard went on to say " There's no question Manute gave his life for his country.
Manute Bol's remains were buried in Sudan.
Bol and October
Bol is believed to have been born on October 16, 1962 in either Turalei or Gogrial, Sudan ( now South Sudan ).
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* June 24 – Ferdinand Bol, Dutch artist ( d. 1680 )
* Ferdinand Bol ( 1616 – 1680 ), Dutch Golden Age painter
* The Saint Became a Lush – ( 12 ") 1993 – Bol Records
An important school of watercolor painting in Germany was led by Hans Bol ( 1534 – 1593 ) as part of the Dürer Renaissance.
On June 19, 2010, Bol died from acute kidney failure and complications from Stevens – Johnson syndrome at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.
* Bol, Peter K. " The Rise of Local History: History, Geography, and Culture in Southern Song and Yuan Wuzhou ," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies ( Volume 61, Number 1, 2001 ): 37 – 76.
* Ferdinand Bol ( Dutch, 1616 – 1680 )
* Bol. com – ( Netherlands )
Ferdinand Bol ( 24 June 1616 – 24 August 1680 ) was a Dutch artist, etcher, and draftsman.
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