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Absolutely insane. A robot couldn't have made as many in a row.
Dr. Tom Amberry dies at 94: Podiatrist and basketball author once made 2,750 straight free throws
Dr. Tom Amberry dies at 94: Podiatrist and basketball author once made 2,750 straight free throws
LONG BEACH, Calif. — A California podiatrist who made history when he shot 2,750 consecutive free throws has died. He was 94.
Dr. Tom Amberry died in Long Beach on March 18, said his granddaughter, Roxanne Amberry.
The retired podiatrist earned a spot in Guinness World Records and brief celebrity in 1993 after he lobbed in shot after shot for 12 hours.
Amberry later said he could have shot many more free throws, but a janitor interrupted him because it was time turn off the lights and close the small rec centre gym in Orange County.
“I could have made more — a lot more,” Amberry said, according to the Los Angeles Times. “But they were closing the gym, so they kicked me out.”
Dr. Tom Amberry dies at 94: Podiatrist and basketball author once made 2,750 straight free throws
Dr. Tom Amberry dies at 94: Podiatrist and basketball author once made 2,750 straight free throws
LONG BEACH, Calif. — A California podiatrist who made history when he shot 2,750 consecutive free throws has died. He was 94.
Dr. Tom Amberry died in Long Beach on March 18, said his granddaughter, Roxanne Amberry.
The retired podiatrist earned a spot in Guinness World Records and brief celebrity in 1993 after he lobbed in shot after shot for 12 hours.
Amberry later said he could have shot many more free throws, but a janitor interrupted him because it was time turn off the lights and close the small rec centre gym in Orange County.
“I could have made more — a lot more,” Amberry said, according to the Los Angeles Times. “But they were closing the gym, so they kicked me out.”
