1. Thurl Lee Bailey was born on April 7,1961 and is an American former professional basketball player whose National Basketball Association career spanned from 1983 to 1999 with the Utah Jazz and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
10 Facts About Thurl Bailey
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Thurl Bailey garnered the nickname "Big T" during his basketball career.
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Thurl Bailey attended North Carolina State University and was a leader in the Wolfpack's miracle run to the 1983 NCAA Championship.
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Thurl Bailey was a starter with the Jazz for most of his first two seasons, but with the drafting of Karl Malone, Jazz coach Frank Layden made Thurl Bailey one of the first options off the bench.
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Thurl Bailey's albums include Faith In Your Heart, The Gift of Christmas, and I'm Not the Same.
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Thurl Bailey is chairman of Big T Productions, Fertile Earth, and FourLeaf Films.
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Thurl Bailey continues to coach in the Salt Lake City area using the private coaching service, CoachUp.
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Thurl Bailey gave the opening prayer at the 2008 Republican National Convention.
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Thurl Bailey was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in a high-crime neighborhood of Capitol Heights, Maryland bordering DC.
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Thurl Bailey has a daughter, Chonell, with his high school sweetheart and two sons, Thurl Jr.