Geburtsdatum | Freitag, 30. September 1960 |
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Beschreibung | Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /home/peoplefaqscom/peoplefaqs.com/public/wp-content/plugins/peoplefaqs-wp-helpers-plugin/classes/apis/DeeplAPI.php on line 39 Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /home/peoplefaqscom/peoplefaqs.com/public/wp-content/plugins/peoplefaqs-wp-helpers-plugin/classes/apis/DeeplAPI.php on line 40 Landon Montel Turner (born September 30, 1960) is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers and won an NCAA championship as a junior in 1981. Hoosiers head coach Bob Knight considered Turner to have the potential to be the best player he ever coached. Primed for a breakthrough senior season and considered a top National Basketball Association (NBA) draft pick, Turner's basketball career came to an end when he was paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident in July 1981. He stayed with the Hoosiers as a team captain during the 1981–82 season before the Boston Celtics honored Turner by selecting him as the final pick of the 1982 NBA draft. He played wheelchair basketball for three years before he embarked on a career as a motivational spe |
