David Thompson
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- Full Name
- David Thompson
- Born
- July 13, 1954
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- Age
- 72 years
- Zodiac Sign
- Cancer
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- Nationality
- 🇺🇸 United States
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- Profession
- Athlete, Basketball Player
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Biography
David Thompson is 72 years old, an athlete, from United States.
David O'Neil Thompson (born July 13, 1954), commonly known by the nickname "Skywalker", is an American former professional basketball player. He played with the Denver Nuggets of both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA before drug problems cut short his career. He was previously a star in college for North Carolina State, leading the Wolfpack to its first NCAA championship in 1974.
Thompson is one of the eleven players to score 70 or more points in an NBA game. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996. Thompson was known for his exceptional leaping ability that enabled him to become one of the game's premier dunkers in the 1970s and earned him the nickname of "Skywalker".
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