Pasquale "Pat" Croce was born on November 2,1954 and is an American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, author, and TV personality.
15 Facts About Pat Croce
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Pat Croce attended West Chester University and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in 1977.
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Pat Croce began his career as a physical therapist and was a physical conditioning and rehabilitation coach for the Philadelphia Flyers and an administrative director of the Sports Medicine Clinic of Haverford Community Hospital.
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Pat Croce is a black belt in taekwondo, and has commentated on Taekwondo during the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Pat Croce founded Sports Physical Therapists in 1984 and grew the business into a chain of 40 centers spanning 11 states before selling it in 1993 for $40 million.
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Pat Croce became president and minority owner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team in 1996 as part of a group led by Flyers founder Ed Snider and Comcast that bought the team.
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Pat Croce appeared on the cover of Success magazine as the first trainer to rise to an ownership position with a professional sports team.
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In June 2001, Pat Croce refused to allow former President Bill Clinton into his private box during game 3 of the NBA Finals, as it would have inconvenienced friends, family, and dedicated Sixers fans.
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Pat Croce resigned as 76ers president after the 2001 season due to a dispute with Snider.
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Since leaving the 76ers, Pat Croce was a television commentator on the NBA on NBC and was a taekwondo commentator for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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In 2004, he hosted his own syndicated self-help television show, Pat Croce: Moving In, which premiered on September 13,2004, and was canceled in 2005.
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Pat Croce was one of the four judges for the second season of ABC's reality television series, American Inventor, which ran from June to August, 2007.
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The book is laced with career and personal advice Pat Croce has gathered through his life.
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Pat Croce is the author of several books on pirates, including Pirate Soul and My Pop Pop Is A Pirate.
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Pat Croce is working on a series of historic fiction books based on the lives of pirates such as Sir Francis Drake and Henry Morgan.