14 Facts About Todd MacCulloch

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Todd Carlyle MacCulloch was born on January 27,1976 and is a Canadian former professional basketball player who played four seasons in the National Basketball Association.

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Todd MacCulloch was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers as the 47th overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft after playing college basketball for the University of Washington.

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Todd MacCulloch was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.

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Todd MacCulloch later led the NCAA Division I in field goal percentage in his final three years of college at the University of Washington, only the second player ever to accomplish the feat.

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Todd MacCulloch was an All-Pac-10 First Team selection in his final two years at Washington.

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Todd MacCulloch was drafted by the 76ers in the 2nd round of the 1999 NBA Draft.

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Todd MacCulloch played four seasons in the NBA before being forced to retire prematurely due to a genetic neuromuscular disorder that affected his feet, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

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Todd MacCulloch played for the Canadian national team of various sorts 93 times, most notably at the 2000 Summer Olympics where the Canadians topped Yugoslavia to win their group only to lose to eventual silver medalist France in the quarterfinals and finish seventh.

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Todd MacCulloch played pinball whenever he could growing up, at malls, arcades and bowling alleys around town.

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Todd MacCulloch began buying up pinball machines when he signed as a free agent with the Nets in 2001 and got his first house.

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Todd MacCulloch's collection is greater than 60 pinball and non-pinball arcade games.

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Todd MacCulloch competed in the European pinball championship in Stockholm in 2007, and has played in the PAPA World Pinball Championships since 2005, qualifying in the B Division multiple times.

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In October 2011, Todd MacCulloch won the Pinball Expo in Chicago, beating world champions Keith Elwin and Lyman Sheats on his way to his first major pinball title and a $3,000 cash prize.

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Todd MacCulloch says there are indeed some similarities between pinball and basketball.