Ben Wallace
Wallace playing for the Pistons in 2010
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
September 10, 1974 White Hall, Alabama |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Central (Hayneville, Alabama) |
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| NBA draft | 1996 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1996–2012 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 30, 3, 6, 4 |
| Career history | |
| 1996–1999 | Washington Bullets / Wizards |
| 1999–2000 | Orlando Magic |
| 2000–2006 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2006–2008 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2008–2009 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2009–2012 | Detroit Pistons |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Points | 6,254 (5.7 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 10,482 (9.6 rpg) |
| Blocks | 2,137 (2.0 bpg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Ben Camey Wallace (born September 10, 1974) is an American retired professional basketball player. A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University and signed with the Washington Bullets (later Wizards) as an undrafted free agent in 1996. In his NBA career, Wallace played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers.
He won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times, a record he shares with Dikembe Mutombo. In nine seasons with the Pistons (2000–2006; 2009–2012), Wallace made two NBA Finals appearances (2004 and 2005) and won a championship with the Pistons in 2004. The Pistons retired his jersey number 3 in 2016.
Wallace was born in White Hall, Alabama, a small town in Lowndes County, and is the tenth of eleven children. He later attended Central High School in Hayneville where he received all-state honors in basketball, baseball, and football (as a linebacker). Former basketball player Charles Oakley is Wallace's mentor, having discovered Wallace at a 1991 basketball camp, and later recommended Wallace to his previous college, Virginia Union.
Wallace first played college basketball on the junior college level at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland for two years. There, staples of Wallace's defensive prowess were shown as he averaged 17.0 rebounds and 6.9 blocks per game. He then transferred to Virginia Union, a NCAA Division II school, where he studied criminal justice. Wallace averaged 13.4 points per game and 10.0 rebounds per game as a member of the Virginia Union Panthers, whom he led to the Division II Final Four and a 28–3 record. As a senior, Wallace was named to the First-Team All CIAA and was selected as a First Team All-American (Div. II) by the NABC. Wallace was a letterman in football, baseball, basketball and track. He won All-State honors in all but track. After leaving Virginia Union and going undrafted, Ben Wallace travelled to Italy for a tryout with the Italian team Viola Reggio Calabria.
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