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Earl Monroe
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American basketball player
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Earl Monroe, known by the nickname Earl the Pearl, was an American basketball player who competed in the National Basketball Association. Born in Philadelphia in 1944, he attended Winston-Salem State University. Monroe played the point guard position and was drafted by the Washington Wizards. He represented the United States in his sport and spoke English as his native language.
His professional career spanned from 1967 to 1980. During this time, he was a member of the New York Knicks. In recognition of his performance, he received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Monroe is identified as a male human and held United States citizenship throughout his life.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Earl the Pearl
- Pearl
- Earl The Pearl: My Story
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1944
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Earl+Monroe">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- Winston-Salem State University
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- New York Knicks
- Position played
- point guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 84
- Image
- EarlthePearlatBarnes&Noble.JPG
- Height
- 191
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1944-11-21
- Commons category
- Earl Monroe
- drafted by
- Washington Wizards
- nickname
- Earl the Pearl
- different from
- Earl Williams
- end of work period
- 1980-00-00
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0