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John Amaechi : ウィキペディア英語版 | John Amaechi
John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi, OBE (; born 26 November 1970) is an English retired basketball player who currently works as an educator and broadcaster in Europe and the United States. In February 2007, after his retirement from the NBA, Amaechi became the first former NBA player to come out publicly after doing so in his memoir ''Man in the Middle''. Since then he has been regarded as "one of the world's most high-profile gay athletes". ==Early life== The son of a Nigerian, Igbo father, Amaechi was born in Boston in the US. He was raised by his English mother in Heaton Moor, Stockport, England, with his two younger sisters, attending Tithe Barn Primary School before moving on to Stockport Grammar School. He first played basketball at the age of 17, coached by Joe Forber, whom he describes as a father figure.〔 Amaechi moved to the United States to play high school basketball at St. John's Jesuit High School in Toledo, Ohio. He began playing college basketball at Vanderbilt but transferred to Penn State, where he was a two-time First Team Academic All-American selection. While at Penn State, Amaechi became a motivational public speaker and a mentor for area youth.
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