1965 Muggsy Bogues, an American NBA guard and the league's smallest player, was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues, an American former basketball player, was born on January 9, 1965. Bogues, who was the shortest player in NBA history at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), played point guard for four different clubs during the course of his 14-year career. Bogues played for the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Toronto Raptors in addition to the Charlotte Hornets for ten seasons. He was the head coach of the now-defunct Charlotte Sting of the WNBA after his NBA career.
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