Dawson Gurley MA, BEng (Hons), also known as Big Daws, is an

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YouTube personality, known for the channel Big Daws TV (stylized BigDawsTv) consisting of pranks, with a second channel called BigDawsVlogs consisting of vlogs and extra footage from his main channel.

Early life

Gurley was born on May 19, 1993, in Olathe, Kansas and graduated from

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. He then received an associate degree from

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. Gurley started making videos when he was 11 years old, inspired by Jackass movie after receiving a camera as gift for Christmas from his parents. Gurley started his YouTube career in 2012, filming videos on the campus of

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. Some of his videos started going viral in 2014. Through the

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' championship runs of the late 2010s-early 2020s, he became prominent among the team's fanbase for bearing a striking resemblance to star player

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. Gurley reportedly tried to use that to his advantage by gaining access to the Chase Center court prior to Game 5 of the

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, which led to the team permanently banning him from the arena.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurley, Dawson 1993 births Living people American YouTubers Video bloggers YouTube vloggers People from Tempe, Arizona People from Kansas City, Kansas People from Kansas City, Missouri People from the Kansas City metropolitan area Prank YouTubers