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Patrick Ewing
Born in 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica, Ewing rose to become one of the most celebrated basketball players of all time. His father, Carl, was a mechanic while his mother, Dorothy, was a housewife. Before moving to America, from where he would find his passion for basketball, Ewing had been an avid football player (Smith 477). It is instructive to note that football is one of the most popular sports in Jamaica. Alongside soccer, Ewing also used to play cricket prior to joining his family in the U.S. It should be noted that although he came to the U.S. when he was 11, his parents had immigrated to the country earlier on and due to financial constraints, they had found it particularly difficult to bring Ewing and his siblings to the U.S.
On moving to America, Ewing according to Smith found it particularly difficult to communicate which other students once he enrolled for school (477). He spoke Jamaican patois. However, as the author further points out, Ewing's communication skills improved with time largely as a result of his mother's...
By this time, he was already 6 feet tall. As Serafin and Cueto point out, "Ewing discovered basketball at the age of 12, watching kids play on Hoyt Park and other schoolyards around his Cambridge home" (164). The kids in this case according to the authors were impressed by Ewing's huge frame and for this reason; they invited him to join them in the court. From this point onwards, Ewing never looked behind. He embarked on a "sport that would change his life" forever (Serafin and Cueto 164).
During his high school years, Ewing continued to further hone his skills in the game -- even managing to lead his team to a number of state championships. According to Serafin and Cueto, Ewing's exemplary skills in basketball were evident throughout his high school years and at one point, he was largely considered one of America's best high school basketball players (164). His exemplary academic performance saw him secure a place at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
At the university, where he was…
Works Cited
Bayor, Ronald H., ed. Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2011. Print.
Mendez-Mendez, Serafin, Gail A. Cueto. Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003. Print.
Smith, Jessie C., ed. Encyclopedia of African-American Popular Culture. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2011. Print.
The National Basketball Association -- NBA. "NBA Encyclopedia: Playoff Edition." n.d. Web. 4 April 2013.
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