American basketball player and manager

Wayne Embry

Wayne Richard Embry is an American former professional basketball player and basketball executive. Embry's 11-year playing career as a center spanned from 1958 to 1969 playing for the Cincinnati Royals, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, all of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After his playing career, Embry transitioned to a career as a professional basketball executive, becoming the first African American general manager and team president in NBA history. In 1999, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Born

1937

March 26

Died

Living

Era

1930s

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1937 Born

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The world in 1937

When Wayne arrived

april 1 Aden becomes a British crown colony.
april 1 The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
april 12 Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
april 26 Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria.

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A. E. Housman 1859–1936 English poet and scholar (born 1859) Anthony James Leggett 1938– English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026) Charles of Lorraine 1554– duke of Mayenne (died 1611) Choi Woo-shik 1990– South Korean actor Conrad Gessner 1516–1565 Swiss botanist and physician (born 1516) Erick Morillo 1971–2020 Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (died 2020) Jennifer Grey 1960– American actress and dancer Jon English 1949– English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (died 2016) Leeza Gibbons 1957– American talk show host and television personality

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Abner Haynes 1937–2024 American football player (born 1937) Alain Badiou 1937– French philosopher and academic Alice Coltrane 1937–2007 American pianist and composer (died 2007) Barry Switzer 1937– American football player and coach Bill Cosby 1937– American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter Billy Meier 1937– Swiss author and photographer Birju Maharaj 1937–2022 Indian dancer, composer, singer and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance (died 2022) Bobby Charlton 1937–2023 English footballer and manager (died 2023) Carlos Lamarca 1937–1971 Brazilian captain (died 1971)

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