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, ...
'I could have made more — a lot more,' Amberry said about that record day in 1993. 'But they were closing the gym, so they kicked me out' You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...
It took 12 hours and 2,750 shots for Dr. Tom Amberry, a 71-year-old retired California podiatrist, to set the world record for free throws consecutively shot and made. Over and over, 10 bored ...
Before he was known to late-night TV audiences as the “Big Kahuna of Free Throws,” Tom Amberry was a lanky kid from Grand Forks who could barely squeeze into a school desk. At 6-foot-7, “Lanky Tom” ...
The Long Beach sports landscape lost a unique figure March 18, as retired podiatrist and world free throw champion Dr. Tom Amberry died of natural causes. He was 94. Amberry opened his own podiatry ...
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, ...
When Tom Amberry swished in his 2,750th consecutive free throw, there were all of 10 people watching history being made. For 12 hours in a small rec center gym in Orange County, the retired Long Beach ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...
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