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}} Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 – May 15, 2009) was an American professional basketball player in the NBA and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma,〔("Tulsan Wayman Tisdale dies" ), ''Tulsa World'', May 15, 2009.〕 he was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.〔("College Hall of Famer Tisdale dies at 44" ), ESPN.com, May 16, 2009.〕 ==Early life== Tisdale was born in Fort Worth, Texas.〔 His father, Louis Tisdale, was a well-known pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, serving for 21 years as senior pastor of Friendship Church;〔("Rev. Tisdale Dies Of Heart Attack", ) ''Tulsa World'', March 29, 1997.〕 After his father died in 1997, the former Osage Expressway in Tulsa was named L. L. Tisdale Parkway in his honor.〔Curtis Killman,("Mayor Unveils New Tisdale Parkway" ), ''Tulsa World'', June 10, 1997.〕 Wayman's older brother Weldon has been pastor of the church since 1997.〔("Our Pastor" ) at Friendship Church official website (retrieved May 18, 2009).〕 Growing up, Tisdale was not interested in basketball. When older brothers Weldon and William played pickup games he usually quit before they finished, retreating to the family's sandbox. However, Tisdale began taking to the sport in the eighth grade when he first learned to dunk.〔 He met his future wife Regina in April 1981 at church. They were juniors at different Tulsa high schools, and she did not know he was one of the most heavily-recruited basketball players in the country.〔 Tisdale called music his "first love". Throughout his youth, and continuing through his college basketball career, he played bass guitar at his father's church. Music and church were so important to Tisdale that after recruiting him to the University of Oklahoma, Sooners head coach Billy Tubbs changed the team's practice schedule. He moved the team's Sunday practice from the morning to the evening to allow Tisdale to play at morning services in his father's church in Tulsa.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wayman Tisdale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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