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Biography
Lance Allred is the first legally deaf player in NBA history and author of five books, including LONGSHOT and The New Alpha Male. A TEDx star of "What is your Polygamy?" (4.6MM views) Lance has presented on Leadership, Perseverance, Body Language and Communication, Disabilities and Adversity to corporations such as Costco, Coldwell Banker, Collier's, Christie's Great Estates and the FBI.
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The Principles of Perseverance
Lance's smash hit keynote on leadership, perseverance and grit, where Lance will show, with his 5 Principles of Perseverance, how he achieved what many perceived to be an unattainable goal: The First Deaf Player in NBA History.
He is now duplicating those same principles on a daily basis to conquer his next "unattainable goal."
When you hear his story, you will understand how among his peers in the basketball world, Lance became known a
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NBA's first deaf player to share his remarkable story
University Park, Pa. -- The Cleveland Cavalier's Lance Allred, the NBA's first legally deaf player, will present "Lance Allred: NBA Player, Author, Scholar, Advocate for the Deaf" at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22, in the Founders Lounge, Bryce Jordan Center, University Park. Both Allred and his mother, Tana, will speak at the event. The presentation will be followed by a half-hour, question-and-answer session.
Severely hearing impaired since birth, Allred's journey to the NBA is an unlikely one. As a child Allred grew up in a rural community in Montana with limited resources to accommodate his hearing disability. At age 6, his family moved to Salt lake City, Utah, where his large, visible hearing aids made him a ready target for bullying. It was only at the age of 13 that Allred picked up basketball, and, in playing the game, found he was able to overcome his feelings of depression, alienation, and later, obsessive compulsive disorder.
Allred graduated from high school as a top player in the western United States. He played two years for the University of Utah and transferred to Weber State University, where he was named an academic All-American and was on the honor roll every semester he attended school. Despite finish