Ben Wallace, American basketball player
Ben Cameron Wallace (born September 10, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player and current basketball executive. Playing most of his career in the National Basketball Association, he is regarded by many to be the greatest undrafted player in NBA history. A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University. In his NBA career, Wallace played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, and Cleveland Cavaliers.
Wallace won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times, a record he shares with Dikembe Mutombo. In nine seasons with the Pistons (2000–2006; 2009–2012), Wallace made two NBA Finals appearances (2004 and 2005) and won a championship with the team in 2004. The Pistons retired his jersey No. 3 in 2016. Wallace was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in the class of 2021.
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U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union. - 27Jul
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Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.