1. Manute Bol He was born on October 16, 1962 Sudan.

2. Bol was the tallest NBA basketball player At 7 feet, 7 inches (2.31 meters), Bol was the tallest player in the National Basketball Association

3. Bol's cousin studied in the United States. He said he had a cousin of 2.31 m in Sudan and one NBA executive travelled quickly to sign him. Bol belonged to the Dinkatribe, the tallest people in Sudan (his grandfather was 2.39 m).

4. Bol was very active in charitable causes. In fact, he said he donated much of the money he made during a 10-year NBA career to various causes related with the rebuild of his country, Sudán, after the war

5. He frequently visited Sudanese refugee camps, where he was treated like a God. In 2001, a post as minister of sport was offered to Bol by the Sudanese government. Bol, who was a Christian, refused it because one of the conditions was converting to Islam

6. Bol established the Ring True Foundation to continue collecting for Sudanese refugees. He gave most of his earnings (an estimated $3.5 million) to their cause

7. In 2002, Bol signed a contract with the Indianapolis Ice of the Central Hockey League. Even though he could not skate, the publicity generated by his game appearance helped to raise money to assist children in Sudan

8. Bol joined the Sudan Freedom Walk in April 2006, a march from the United Nations building in New York to Washington. The event was organized by Simon Deng, a Sudanese swimming champion who was a friend of Bolthe

9. Life after basketball After a political dispute in Sudan, in 2002 Bol was admitted to the United States as a religious refugee, and resided in West Hartford, Connecticut. In 2004, Bol was seriously injured in a car accident, breaking his neck, when he was ejected from a taxi. Because his fortunes were donated to Sudan, he didn’t have life or health insurance. When Bol recovered from these injuries he moved to Olathe, Kansas.[

10. On June 19, 2010, Bol died from Stevens–Johnson syndrome at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia After his death, tributes to Bol's basketball career and charitable works came from around the United States and the world. His former teams, and the NBA, issued statements in recognition of his impact on the sport of basketball and on his native Sudan