Lance Collin Allred (born February 2, 1981 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American professional basketball player. Allred is hearing impaired, with a 75-80% hearing loss. He is the first legally deaf player in NBA history. (To improve his hearing, he wears a hearing aid.) He is also the author of Longshot: The Adventures of a Deaf Fundamentalist Mormon Kid and His Journey to the NBA, his memoir/autobiography published by Harper Collins. The book ...
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Lance Collin Allred (born February 2, 1981 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American professional basketball player. Allred is hearing impaired, with a 75-80% hearing loss. He is the first legally deaf player in NBA history. (To improve his hearing, he wears a hearing aid.) He is also the author of Longshot: The Adventures of a Deaf Fundamentalist Mormon Kid and His Journey to the NBA, his memoir/autobiography published by Harper Collins. The book was critically acclaimed and featured in several sports publications.
Allred was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but he spent his very early years growing up in a Mormon community in Montana. He is a descendent of Rulon C. Allred, a prophet of the Apostolic United Brethren, a fundamentalist polygamous sect. However, his family became disenchanted with the group. They moved to Salt Lake City when he was seven, and completely broke away from the church six years later. He did not play organized basketball until eighth grade, when he joined a team...
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