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Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues

Contact Information

Address: c/o Tony Jones, Trust Marketing, 44 N. Second Street Suite 800, Memphis, TN 38103. Fax: (901) 521-0901. Phone: (901) 521-1300. Email: janis@trustmkt.com. Online: http://www.muggsy.com/.

Chronology

1965	Born on January 9 in East Baltimore, Maryland, to Richard and Elaine Bogues
1974	First plays basketball with a hometown rec league
1981-83	Wins back-to-back championships playing with the Dunbar High School Poets
1983-87	Attends Wake Forest University on a basketball scholarship
1986	Plays with the U.S. National Team at the World Games in Barcelona, Spain
1987	Goes to the Washington Bullets as the number 12 pick in the first round of the NBA draft
1988	Goes to the Charlotte Hornets in an expansion draft
1999	Goes to the Toronto Raptors in a trade and helps bring that organization to the playoffs for the first time in the history of the team
2000	Is traded to the New York Nicks and retires

Awards and Accomplishments

1987	Arnold Palmer Award from Wake Forest; Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award from Basketball Hall of Fame; team leader in scoring; left seven school records at Wake Forest; jersey number retired; all-ACC; set league record with 781 assists, league leader in steals and minutes played for each of three years
1989-90	Player of the Year, Charlotte Hornets
1995	Jim Thorpe Award for Special Inspiration

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