Sam Shepherd (basketball)
Sam Shepherd (born 21 April 1953), also known as El Mago, is a Venezuelan former basketball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]
Basketball career
He attended Delaware State University, and played basketball for the Hornets, as a member of which he toured with the league all-star team in Venezuela. He graduated in 1975, and after unsuccessful tryouts for NBA, CBA, and ABA teams, decided to go back to Venezuela to try his luck.[2] There, he played on various teams in the Liga Profesional de Baloncesto, including Trotamundos de Carabobo, Panteras de Miranda, and Guaiqueríes de Margarita.[3] His rise to fame there earned him the nickname "El Mago". He represented the Venezuelan team at the Copa Sprite in 1990, and later led the national team to a silver medal at the 1992 Tournament of the Americas.[4][5]
Personal life
He grew up in North Carolina. He has a daughter Gwendolyn, who attended Temple University in Philadelphia,[2] and a son Sam Jr., born in 1991, who inherited his father's love of basketball and tried out for the Toros de Aragua in September 2013.[6]
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- American emigrants to Venezuela
- Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from North Carolina
- Delaware State Hornets men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of Venezuela
- Naturalized citizens of Venezuela
- People who lost United States citizenship
- Venezuelan sportspeople stubs
- South American basketball biography stubs