Perry Wallace

Perry Wallace
Personal information
Born	February 19, 1948; Nashville, Tennessee
Died	December 1, 2017 (aged 69); Rockville, Maryland
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career information
High school	Pearl (Nashville, Tennessee)
College	Vanderbilt (1967–1970)
NBA draft	1970: 5th round, 80th overall pick
	Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Position	Small forward
Number	25
Career highlights and awards
	Second-team All-SEC (1970); No. 25 retired by Vanderbilt; Second-team Parade All-American (1966);

Perry Eugene Wallace Jr. (February 19, 1948 – December 1, 2017) was an American lawyer who was a professor of law at Washington College of Law. He was the first African-American varsity athlete to play basketball under an athletic scholarship in the Southeastern Conference, playing for Vanderbilt University. His experiences at Vanderbilt are the subject of the book Strong Inside, by Andrew Maraniss, published in 2014.

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