David Thompson

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Thompson
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 13, 1954(1954-07-13)
Age	70
Birthplace	Shelby
Country	United States
Birth City	North Carolina
Horoscope	Cancer

David Thompson Biography

David Thompson is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on July 13, 1954 in Shelby, North Carolina, United States. Four-time NBA All-Star who was selected first overall in the 1975 NBA Draft. He played for the Denver Nuggets and Seattle SuperSonics in a career that spanned from 1975 to 1984. He scored 73 points in a single game on April 9, 1978.

Michael Jordan said that Thompson was his basketball role model as a young man.

Thompson was known for his exceptional leaping ability that enabled him to become one of the game’s premier dunkers in the 1970s, which earned him the nickname of “Skywalker”. Michael Jordan said, “The whole meaning of vertical leap began with David Thompson.” Bill Walton described Thompson as “Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, and LeBron James rolled into one”.

Thompson attended Crest Senior High School and he played for the school’s Varsity Basketball team for four years. He starred in the North Carolina Coaches Association’s East-West All-Star Basketball Game in 1971. Thompson is a first cousin of Alvin Gentry, both growing up in Shelby, North Carolina.

He married Kathy Thompson in 1978.

David Thompson Net Worth

David Thompson is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Thompson 's net worth $1 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He grew up in Shelby, North Carolina with his cousin, future NBA coach Alvin Gentry.

In 1974, he led North Carolina State to its first-ever NCAA championship.

David O’Neil Thompson (born July 13, 1953) 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. 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 six players to score 70 or more points in an NBA game. Thompson was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

David Thompson height 6 ft 4 in David weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is David Thompson Dating?

According to our records, David Thompson married to Cathy Thompson. As of December 1, 2023, David Thompson’s is not dating anyone.

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Thompson played basketball while the slam dunk was outlawed by the “Lew Alcindor” rule. In 1975, playing his final home game at NC State against UNC- Charlotte, late in the second half Thompson on a breakaway received a long pass from a teammate, resulting in the first and only dunk of his collegiate career, a goal that was promptly disallowed by a technical foul as dunking was still banned in collegiate play at the time.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. David Thompson celebrates birthday on July 13 of every year.

Thompson’s substance abuse problems began due to feelings of “loneliness and isolation” after his 1979-80 foot injury. They first became public after his erratic debut season in Seattle, after which he checked into a Denver rehabilitation facility in 1983. His career-ending 1984 knee injury resulted from him being shoved down a stairwell during a fight at Studio 54, and later factored into his failed 1985 tryout with the Indiana Pacers, after which he was arrested that night for public intoxication. By 1986, Thompson was reportedly spending $1,000 daily on cocaine, for which he checked into rehab that year in Kirkland, Washington. After he was sentenced to 180 days in jail in 1987 for assaulting his wife, Thompson became a committed Christian and reorganized his life.

Why was David Thompson imprisoned?

After he was sentenced to 180 days in jail in 1987 for assaulting his wife , Thompson became a committed Christian and reorganized his life.

What happened to David Thompson basketball?

In April 1987, Thompson involuntarily checked into the North Rehabilitation Center in Seattle. By that time, he’d squandered his money. His basketball career was over. The death knell was a gruesome knee injury he suffered falling down the staircase of Studio 54.

What was David Thompson known for?

David Thompson, (born April 30, 1770, London, Eng. —died Feb. 10, 1857, Longeuil, Lower Canada [now Quebec]), English explorer, geographer, and fur trader in the western parts of what are now Canada and the United States. He was the first white man to explore the Columbia River from source to mouth.

What did David Thompson Discover in Alberta?

In his published journals, Thompson recorded seeing large footprints (“which measured fourteen inches in length by eight inches in breadth”) near what is now Jasper, Alberta, in 1811. It has been suggested that these prints were similar to what has since been called the sasquatch.

How old is David Thompson?

68 years (July 13, 1954)