15 Facts About Margo Dydek

Margo Dydek played center position for multiple teams in the WNBA and was a coach for the Northside Wizards in the Queensland Basketball League.

Margo Dydek was awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Merit.

Margo Dydek was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2019.

Margo Dydek was born 28 April 1974 in Warsaw, Poland, to a 6-foot-7-inch father and a 6-foot-3-inch mother.

Margo Dydek had two sisters; her elder sister, Katarzyna had played for the Colorado Xplosion of the now-defunct ABL.

Margo Dydek was drafted 1st overall in the 1998 WNBA draft by the Utah Starzz.

On 3 June 2008, Margo Dydek signed with the Los Angeles Sparks, following time away from basketball due to her pregnancy.

Margo Dydek played for Olimpia Poznan from 1992 to 1994, before playing for Valenciennes Orchies in France from 1994 to 1996, where she met her future husband, David.

Margo Dydek continued to play with the club through several sponsorship changes; since then, the club has taken the names Polpharma and Lotos.

Margo Dydek was chosen as Poland's Sports Woman of the Year and was a member of the Poland women's national basketball team until 2007, winning the EuroBasket Women 1999.

Margo Dydek helped lead Gdynia to runner-up finishes in the FIBA EuroLeague in 2002 and 2004.

Margo Dydek spoke five languages and her teammates referred to her as "Large Marge".

Margo Dydek was taken by ambulance to a hospital and placed in a medically induced coma.

Margo Dydek had been working as a coach for the Northside Wizards in the Queensland Basketball League.

Margo Dydek never regained consciousness and died eight days later on 27 May 2011.