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Heaven must have needed someone to shoot a technical. Dr. Tom Amberry, a man who achieved a small bit of fame for his uncanny ability to make free throws, died on March 18, according to the Associated ...
In this July 24, 2002, photo Dr. Tom Amberry shoots a free throw in Seal Beach, Calif. Amberry, a California podiatrist who made history in 1993 when he shot 2,750 consecutive free throws, has died.
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 ...
When Dr. Tom Amberry decided in 1991 to call it a career after 40 years as a podiatrist, he did what most folks do after retiring. He looked for a hobby. Little did Amberry know that his hobby of ...
Tom Amberry, the Long Beach podiatrist who took up free-throw shooting as a hobby in retirement and ended up in the Guinness Book of World Records after making 2,750 consecutive shots in a Seal Beach ...
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 ...
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, ...
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - 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 ...