The first former Basketball player to serve in the US senate was Bill Bradley. He served as a senator from New Jersey from January 3, 1979 until January 3, 1997.
Bill Bradley?
Ben Wallace was "discovered" by former basketball player Charles Oakley at a 1991 basketball camp.
Former First Lady, Hillary Roddam Clinton, was elected to the US Senate from the State of New York after her husband, President William Jefferson Clinton, left office.
a first year player
he was the only former slave to rule over the u.s. senate.! APEX!
Former NBA basketball star Larry Bird first attended Indiana University but he dropped out before the basketball season began.
· Bob Cousy (basketball)
Dolph Schayes
There was not a first person to play NBA basketball ,ritard, basketball is played in teams.
Lisa Leslie
I say Lisa Leslie.
Of course, the person that invented basketball which was James Naismith.