William Anthony "Tony" Parker parker/bio.html" target="_blank">Tony Parker Info Page - Bio, nba.com, accessed 17 June 2007. (born ) is a French professional basketball player with the _NBA's San Antonio Spurs and member of France's national basketball team. Brought up in a family with close ties to basketball, Parker played for two years in the French basketball league before entering the 2001 NBA Draft. He was selected by the San Antonio Spurs and quickly became their starting point guard, helping the Spurs win three NBA Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Deploying his pace and high field goal percentage to great effect, Parker has been selected as an NBA All-Star twice and was the 2007 NBA Finals MVP. He married actress Eva Longoria, best known for her role in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, on 7 July 2007. Parker, Longoria Attend Civil Ceremony, apnews.myway.com, accessed 7 July 2007.
Tony Parker was an oral historian whose work was dedicated to giving a voice to British and American society’s most marginalised figures, from single mothers to lighthouse keepers to criminals, including murderers.
