Samuel Troy Pellom (born October 2, 1951) is a retired American

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player born in

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. The 6'9" forward-center played professionally for the

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and the

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of the NBA and played

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at the

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, and is to date the only player from that university's basketball team who ever played in the NBA. Pellom also played for the

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, the team that plays the Harlem Globetrotters.

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