Nationality American Name Gary Grant Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Role Actor | Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg) Children Jennifer Grant College Michigan (1984–1988) | |
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Born April 21, 1965Canton, Ohio ( 1965-04-21 ) High school Canton McKinley(Canton, Ohio) NBA draft 1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overall Died November 29, 1986, Davenport, Iowa, United States Spouse Barbara Harris (m. 1981–1986) Movies North by Northwest, The Philadelphia Story, Bringing Up Baby, To Catch a Thief, Charade Similar People Jennifer Grant, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Gary Cooper, Katharine Hepburn | ||
Gary Grant (born April 21, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player at the point guard position in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Gary "The General" Grant played for Canton McKinley High School and collegiately at the University of Michigan. Gary received his BA in Kinesiology.
He was selected in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, but his rights were traded to the Los Angeles Clippers on draft night. There he remained for seven years before moving on to the New York Knicks, the Miami Heat, and the Portland Trail Blazers. While playing for the Clippers, he was featured in the 1992 film Miracle Beach.
During the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season while playing for the 2010–11 Michigan Wolverines team, Darius Morris surpassed Grant's school record single-season assist total set for the 1987–88 team. The following season Trey Burke broke Grant's freshman season assist total record. In the regular season finale for the 2016–17 team, Derrick Walton broke his single-game assists record. Grant continues to hold several Michigan records including career starts (128), career assists (731), career steals (total and per game), career minutes, career turnovers, single-season assists per game, single-season steals (total and per game, 1st, 2nd and 3rd places for both), single-season turnovers, and single-game steals.
Grant has three children with Tammie Grant: Taryn, Mahogany, and Piper.
